{"id":1408,"date":"2015-12-23T15:12:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T15:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/?p=1408"},"modified":"2021-10-19T11:37:34","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T11:37:34","slug":"first-area-charts-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/23\/first-area-charts-history\/","title":{"rendered":"First Ever Area Charts Created 200+ Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish engineer and political economist William Playfair is credited with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/02\/first-bar-chart-in-history\/\" target=\"_blank\">inventing not only the bar chart<\/a> but also the area charts.<\/p>\n<p>Generally speaking, Playfair&#8217;s publication <em>The Commercial and Political Atlas,<\/em>\u00a0first appeared in 1786, contained many interesting time-series graphs.\u00a0The following two of them\u00a0are\u00a0more particularly\u00a0mentioned today as the first area charts in history.<\/p>\n<p>1. <strong>Interest of the National Debt from the Revolution<\/strong>.\u00a0Single-series.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_Interest_of_the_National_Debt_from_the_Revolution_chart_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1412\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1412 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_Interest_of_the_National_Debt_from_the_Revolution_chart_.jpg\" alt=\"First area charts: William Playfair's Interest of the National Debt from the Revolution\" width=\"700\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_Interest_of_the_National_Debt_from_the_Revolution_chart_.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_Interest_of_the_National_Debt_from_the_Revolution_chart_-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. <strong>Chart of all the Imports and Exports to and from England from the Year 1700 to 1782<\/strong>, originally dated August 20th, 1785. This chart\u00a0can also be treated as at least one of the first multi-series area charts.\u00a0The area between two curves\u00a0shows the difference between them and is a great visual representation of the balance of trade.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_-_Chart_of_all_the_Import_and_Exports_to_and_from_England_from_the_Year_1700_to_1782_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1410\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1410 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_-_Chart_of_all_the_Import_and_Exports_to_and_from_England_from_the_Year_1700_to_1782_.jpg\" alt=\"First area charts: William Playfair's Chart of all the Import and Exports to and from England from the Year 1700 to 1782\" width=\"700\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_-_Chart_of_all_the_Import_and_Exports_to_and_from_England_from_the_Year_1700_to_1782_.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/William_Playfair_-_Chart_of_all_the_Import_and_Exports_to_and_from_England_from_the_Year_1700_to_1782_-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>When speaking about the first\u00a0area\u00a0charts in history, many sources also refer to the third edition of <em>The Commercial and Political Atlas,<\/em> as well as Playfair&#8217;s other prominent publication, <em>Statistical Breviary (<\/em>both issued in 1801). Let&#8217;s take a look at just a couple more of fascinating masterpieces of that time, which make so much sense even today.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Chart of the National Debt of England<\/strong> clearly testifies the strong relation between wars and the increase in national debt.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Chart_of_the_National_Debt_of_England.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1416\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1416 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Chart_of_the_National_Debt_of_England.jpg\" alt=\"First area charts: William Playfair's Chart of the National Debt of England\" width=\"600\" height=\"1039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Chart_of_the_National_Debt_of_England.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Chart_of_the_National_Debt_of_England-173x300.jpg 173w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Chart_of_the_National_Debt_of_England-591x1024.jpg 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now the <strong>Exports &amp; Imports to and from all North America<\/strong> chart is below. We can notice the American Revolution brought trade between England and its former overseas colonies to a standstill during the war.\u00a0However,\u00a0it quickly recovered and began to expand very quickly.\u00a0As Playfair wrote in his accompanying notes, his country&#8217;s idea of keeping America dependent\u00a0was &#8220;rapacious, impolitic, and unjust&#8221;, for England\u2019s trade advantage was now greater than ever&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Exports_and_Imports_to_and_from_all_North_America_chart_.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1415\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1415 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Exports_and_Imports_to_and_from_all_North_America_chart_.jpg\" alt=\"First area charts: William Playfair's Exports and Imports to and from all North America\" width=\"700\" height=\"408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Exports_and_Imports_to_and_from_all_North_America_chart_.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/William_Playfair_Exports_and_Imports_to_and_from_all_North_America_chart_-300x175.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>History is amazing!\u00a0However, now you are more than welcome to visit our contemporary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/products\/anychart\/gallery\/\" target=\"_blank\">chart gallery<\/a>. There you will find great-looking, interactive\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/products\/anychart\/gallery\/Area,_Spline-Area,_Step-Area_Charts\/\" target=\"_blank\">area, spline-area, step-area<\/a>\u00a0and all other charts that you can easily create with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anychart.com\/products\/anychart\/overview\/\" target=\"_blank\">AnyChart JavaScript Charting Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: x-small\">References:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> &#8211; J\u00fcrgen Symanzik, William (Zelli) Fischetti, Ian Spence (2009). <i>Commemorating William Playfair\u2019s 250th Birthday<\/i>. Utah State University<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> &#8211; William Playfair (2005). <i>Commercial and Political Atlas and Statistical Breviary<\/i>. Cambridge University Press<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> &#8211; Edward Tufte (2001). <i>The Visual Display of Quantitative Information<\/i>. Graphics Press<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small\"> &#8211; H. Gray Funkhouser (1937). <i>Historical Development of the Graphical Representation of Statistical Data<\/i>. <i>Osiris<\/i>, 3<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scottish engineer and political economist William Playfair is credited with inventing not only the bar chart but also the area charts. Generally speaking, Playfair&#8217;s publication The Commercial and Political Atlas,\u00a0first appeared in 1786, contained many interesting time-series graphs.\u00a0The following two of them\u00a0are\u00a0more particularly\u00a0mentioned today as the first area charts in history. 1. 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