DATAVIZ HISTORY
SHOW AND TELL
Sunday, May 30th
Attila Bátorfy
Balogh Pál és báró Kocsárd Sándor: A népfajok Magyarországon, 1902
Pál Balogh and baron Kocsárd Proff: The Ethnicities in Hungary, 1902


The Ethnicities in Hungary
The Religions in Hungary

Pál Balogh (1854–1933): journalist
methodology
Proff Kocsárd (?–?): ?
maps, drawing
1902
Published by the Ministry of Religion and Education
based on the census of 1892 - native language
not maps, but "diagrams" - according to Balogh
The problem

13000+ settlements
413 districts
The problem

Ferenc Réthey: The Ethnographic Map of the Countries of the Saint Crown of Hungary, 1886
The idea
Choropleth = simple majority
10x10 grid = % composition
1 district
1 district
The idea
