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900 Years of Tree Diagrams, the Most Important Data Viz Tool in History

By Wired
April 11, 2014
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Tree of Consanguinity — "Tree of Consanguinity," Decretalium copiosum argumentum, ca. 1450-1510. (Detail). "A woodcut depicting the various ties between family members in the popular archetype of the tree of consanguinity."

Credit: The Trustees of the British Museum

You'd be excused for thinking infographics are a modern invention.

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