See Historical Borders on an Interactive World Atlas
Discover the Evolution of World Borders.
Histochart is a unique, interactive map with which you can explore and exhibit how borders have changed throughout history.
Visualize, Discover, and Share
From the rise and fall of empires to the formation of modern states...
Use Histochart to visualize the dynamic changes of geopolitical boundaries over time. Learn about, compare and explore the longevity of kingdoms, or delve into territorial evolutions.
This is a tool for history enthusiasts, professionals, scholars, educators, publishers, creators, and more. With this project we endeavour to provide a brilliant, new, comprehensive and constantly improving view of the our world's past.
Understand Countries and Territories of the Past
Visualize Historical Contexts.
Understanding the contemporaneity of different cultures is made easier with Histochart's visual approach.
Our platform allows you to see how various countries and territories coexisted and interacted at different points in history. By offering a visual representation, Histochart helps users grasp the complex historical relationships and timelines of past civilizations.
We hope for this feature to be an invaluable educational tool for students, teachers, and autodidacts, providing clearer and often surprising perspectives on global history.
Collaborate with Histochart
Enhance and Correct Historical Data.
Join the Histochart community to collaborate on improving our historical border data.
Users can add new borders, submit corrections, and enhance the accuracy of our maps. This collaborative feature ensures that our data is continuously refined and updated by a network of history enthusiasts, cartographers, and scholars
By contributing to Histochart, you help create a more precise and detailed historical atlas, benefiting users worldwide.
[Coming Soon] Track Historical Journeys and Events
Track the Journeys of Famous Individuals and Historical Events. Histochart is expanding its features to include the ability to map out the lives, stories and journeys of famous individuals - and even your own, personal stories. These upcoming features will enable a deeper understanding of historical contexts and personal narratives, making history more engaging and relatable. Stay tuned for these exciting updates.
A Message from the Founder
Hi there! I'm Alex Escorcio, the founder of Histochart. I started working on this project in (roughly) 2015. Over the years (and between other demands, distractions and adventures), I've restarted and reimagined this interactive historical atlas several times.
Throughout this slowly run course, I was repeatedly surprised (and often inspired) by the fact that a tool like Histochart had not yet been brought into existence by someone else.
It's all been something of a curious labor of love; I'm not a historian by any means, and as a product-maker I was never convinced anyone would pay too much attention to the existence of such a tool. Nevertheless, my odd goal remained: to build a tool that beautifully and accurately shows the evolution of borders throughout history, that grows to include a visualization of a wealth of significant historical events, and that has enough historical mapping functionality to serve in a wide variety of additional use-cases. Perhaps, like many others, I'm on a mad little personal quest to stitch a thread in the tapestry of history (someone please make me a Wiki page).
I'm excited to finally share Histochart with the world, and I look forward to seeing how it grows and evolves with contributions from users like you.
An Appeal to Historians and Cartographers
Please Help Us Improve Histochart.
Histochart aims to create the most accurate and comprehensive historical atlas available. But we can't do it alone. We need the expertise of historians and cartographers, both professional and amateur, to help us improve the quality of our border data (in the same way that Wikipedia relies on its community).
We at histochart have set up our databases with preliminary borders data for our beta release, but all of these are in want of serious refinement.
By contributing to Histochart, you have the chance to add your name (or username) to the annals of the great cartographers. Share your knowledge, help us refine our maps, and join a community of like-minded individuals passionate about history and geography.
Please share Histochart with friends and colleagues who might be interested. And don't hesitate to contact us for any reason – we'd love to hear from you.
Together, we can make Histochart an invaluable resource for everyone.
The Histochart Team