It’s great to see more and more blogs picking up the subject of ancient data visualization! This time, a post by Anni Murray for the Visual.ly Blog brought to our attention some of the most important Infographics of the 19th Century.

We’ve included a couple of those in today’s selection:

Post-War New World Map (c.1942) | Maurice Gomberg

(image:Maurice Gomberg, c.1942 )

(Via PakaAlert Press)

International Morse Code Pocket Signal Disk (1914) | Standard Novelty Co.

(image:Standard Novelty Co., 1914 )

(Via Alan Mays on Flickr)

Battle of Trafalgar Panorama (c.1860) | Robert Barker

(image:Robert Barker, c.1860 )

(Via Retronaut)

The Press and its Readers (c.1925) | P. Sargant Florence and Lella Secor Florence

(image:P. Sargant Florence and Lella Secor Florence, c.1925 )

(Via Prof. Michael Stoll and Brainpickings)

Mars Map (1878) | Giovanni Schiaparelli

(image:Giovanni Schiaparelli, 1878 )

(Via BibliOdissey)

World Map (1507) | Martin Waldseemüller

(image:Martin Waldseemüller,1507  )

(Via Daily Mail)

Picture of Nations (1836) | Emma Willard

(image:Emma Willard, 1836 )

(Via David Rumsey Map Collection and Visual.ly)

Modern Papoose (1945) | Mechanix Illustrated

(image:Mechanix Illustrated,1945  )

(Via Modern Mechanix)

The sizes of the celestial bodies (c.1660) | Andreas Cellarius

(image:Andreas Cellarius,c.1660  )

(Via Utrecht University)

Diagram of planetary courses in the zodiacal signs

(image:Walters Art Museum )

(Via Walters Art Museum on Flickr)

Blood vessels of the face (c.1900) | Elisa Schorn

(image:Elisa Schorn,c.1900  )

(Via Mary Margaret on Flickr)

Conspectus of the History of Political Parties and the Federal Government (1880) | Walter Houghton

(image:Walter Houghton,1880  )

(Via Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection and Visual.ly)

And last week’s featured works:

How you may live and travel in the city of 1950 (c.1925) | Popular Science Monthly

(image:Popular Science Monthly, c.1925 )

(Via Retronaut)

World’s Coal Production (1920) | The World Book

(image:The World Book, 1920 )

(Via Eric Fischer on Flickr)

The Miracle of the Bar Bells (1952) | Mechanix Illustrated

(image:Mechanix Illustrated,1952 )

(Via Modern Mechanix)

Plan of the Solar System (1835) | F.J. Huntington

(image:F.J. Huntington, 1835)

(Via William Creswell on Flickr)

Chemistry of Combustion and Illumination (1854) | Edward Livingston Youmans

(image:Edward Livingston Youmans, 1854 )

(Via Brainpickings)

Volvox minor (1883) | Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port

(image:Arnold and Carolina Dodel-Port, 1883 )

(Via BibliOdissey)

Space: The Architecture of the Universe (1962) | Gottfried Honegger

(image:Gottfried Honegger, 1962 )

(Via Aqua Velvet)

The Olympic games (1908) | The Guardian

(image:The Guardian, 1908 )

(Via The Guardian Data Blog)

Mississippi Map (c.1878) | Encyclopedia Britannica

(image:Encyclopedia Britannica,c.1878 )

(Via Andy Brill on Flickr)

The Human Body (1959) | Cornelius De Witt

(image:Cornelius De Witt,1959 )

(Via krakencrafts on Flickr)

We’ll be back next week with another selection of vintage visualizations. Until then, keep following our daily updates here on Visual Loop.