The map entitled 'Currents of Migration' performed by Ravenstein when he published his Laws of Migration for the first time in 1885, seems to be the first flow map with arrows. This 5th Ravenstein's map is very particular because it is not called in the text and it has no elements that allow us to understand exactly what movement is depicted and how it is represented. We just know that it illustrates internal migrations laws that are so complex to formulate and to depict. In order to enlighten this first flow map with arrows, we present here an analysis focused on both historical and methodological practices of aggregated flow mapping. In fact, probably made from Origin-Destination census data on United Kingdom mobility (1871-1881), Map no....