Displaying values on a map chart is more meaningful than handing someone a sheet of data. Thanks to Microsoft Excel's Geography data type, creating a map chart is easier than you might think.

Microsoft released a variety of update to is Office applications includes Excel maps, PowerPoint QuickStarter and a new intelligent embedding capabilitiy called Tap for Word and Outlook.

Perhaps even more symbolically, he had clearly labelled his chart "Australia or Terra Australis" - the first time, literally, Australia had been put on the map.