Christopher Pinheiro: Infographics

The overarching goal of the project was to translate the historical economics of whaling into modern dollars and cents. A secondary goal was to discover what products/ solutions have replaced whale derived products and to compare costs of those products to their historical counterparts (like the modern version of the whalebone corset being SPANX). This was accomplished by researching historic data and creating infographics to display the findings.

An economist visualizes the first voyage of the Morgan.

Christopher Pinheiro

Christopher Pinheiro is a graduate of UMass Amherst and an economist for the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. His 38th Voyagers’ project will culminate in the production of infographics to “investigate historical/current dollar values of whale derived products and modern replacements of those products through the economic principle of substitution.” Pinheiro’s notion that infographics catch the eye more easily than text alone while conveying important information will be valuable in posting to economic blogs and elsewhere. Pinheiro has also spent time aboard the Liberty Clipper, a 125-foot schooner, and shared some of his experience with other 38th Voyagers.

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Eighty-five individuals from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds sailed aboard the ship and participated in an unprecedented public-history project, using their own perspectives and talents to document their experiences. Meet the Voyagers »

Categories: New London to Newport: June 15
People: Christopher Pinheiro and Voyagers
Stories: History and Ancestry
Media types: Infographic

The 38th Voyage of the CHARLES W. MORGAN

Christopher Pinheiro: Infographics

Christopher Pinheiro

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