COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Adams, Sebastian C.
Date:
1881
Short Title:
Page 1: Adams' Synchronological Chart.
Publisher:
Colby & Co.
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Timeline
Obj Height cm:
70
Obj Width cm:
57
Note:
A huge and impressive twenty three foot long chart showing 5,885 years of history, from 4004 B.C.. to 1881 A.D. First issued in 1871, Adams put out several editions in many formats. Rosenberg and Grafton in "Cartographies of Time" say that as a timeline, Adams Synchronological Chart "was ninetheenth-century America's surpassing achievement in complexity and synthetic power."
Reference:
Rosenberg and Grafton, pp 171-177.
Subject:
Historical
Subject:
Data Visualization
Full Title:
(Page 1) Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History. Through the Eye to the Mind. A Chronological chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History, Synchronized by Sebastian C. Adams. Third Edition and Twelfth-Thousand carefully and critically revised and brought down to 1878. Colby & Co. Publishers, 39 Union Square, New York. The Strowbridge Lithographing Company, Cincinnati, O. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year A.D. 1871, by S.C. Admas, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. (On the title page) Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History...Through the Eye to the Mind.
List No:
6000.002
Series No:
5
Publication Author:
Adams, Sebastian C.
Pub Date:
1881
Pub Title:
Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History. Through the Eye to the Mind. A Chronological chart of Ancient, Modern and Biblical History, Synchronized by Sebastian C. Adams. Third Edition and Twelfth-Thousand carefully and critically revised and brought down to 1878. Colby & Co. Publishers, 39 Union Square, New York. The Strowbridge Lithographing Company, Cincinnati, O. Entered According to Act of Congress in the Year A.D. 1871, by S.C. Admas, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C. (On the title page) Adams' Synchronological Chart of Universal History...Through the Eye to the Mind.
Pub Note:
see note field above
Pub List No:
6000.000
Pub Type:
Historical Atlas
Pub Height cm:
72
Pub Width cm:
36
Image No:
6000002
Authors:
Adams, Sebastian C.
Link To Source
Page 1: Adams' Synchronological Chart.
