Fig. 8

Migration charts, selected countries and domains of influence. Notes. Cross-verified, restricted sample (at least one Wikipedia edition among the 7 European languages analyzed), see Section Extracting biographic information from a restricted sample, and both a known birthplace and deathplace. Top chart: birth to death flows of academics from the UK to North America. Bottom chart: on the right, birth to death flows of notable individuals in culture from Italy to South America; on the left, birth to death flows (all categories) within a rectangular area encompassing Asia including Central Asia, Western Asia and the southern part of Eurasia. All curves connect the city of birth and of death of individuals.