COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
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Author:
Adams, Sebastian C.
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Adams, Sebastian C.
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Date:
1881
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1881
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Short Title:
Composite: Adams' Synchronological Chart.
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Composite: Adams' Synchronological Chart.
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Publisher:
Colby & Co.
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Colby & Co.
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Publisher Location:
New York
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New York
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Type:
Timeline
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Timeline
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Obj Height cm:
70
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70
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Obj Width cm:
690
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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."
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."
Note
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Reference:
Rosenberg and Grafton, pp 171-177.
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Rosenberg and Grafton, pp 171-177.
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Subject:
Pictorial map
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Pictorial map
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Subject:
Historical
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Historical
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Subject:
Data Visualization
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Data Visualization
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Full Title:
(Composite of) 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.
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(Composite of) 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.
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List No:
6000.013
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6000.013
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Series No:
4
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4
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Publication Author:
Adams, Sebastian C.
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Adams, Sebastian C.
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Pub Date:
1881
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1881
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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.
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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.
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Pub Note:
see note field above
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see note field above
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Pub List No:
6000.000
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6000.000
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Pub Type:
Historical Atlas
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Historical Atlas
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Pub Height cm:
72
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72
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Pub Width cm:
36
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36
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Image No:
6000013
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6000013
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Download 1:
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<a href=https://www.davidrumsey.com/rumsey/download.pl?image=/D5005/6000013.sid target=_blank>Full Image Download in MrSID Format</a>
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Authors:
Adams, Sebastian C.
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