The first comprehensive history of graphic representations of time in Europe and the United States from 1450 to the present. Lavishly illustrated.
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An overview of the history of the graphic representation of time through almanacs, charts, graphs, and other forms in the United States and Europe since 1450.
An overview of the history of the graphic representation of time through almanacs, charts, graphs, and other forms in the United States and Europe since 1450.
Galeano's new book is his richest and most poetic yet, a joyous calendar of the sacred and the damned.
"Imagine a book that provides an endlessly browsable alternative history of the world. Imagine a book that brings the past vividly and excitingly to life. This is that book. Here are the stories that don't usually get told in the history books."--Provided by publisher.
"Imagine a book that provides an endlessly browsable alternative history of the world. Imagine a book that brings the past vividly and excitingly to life. This is that book. Here are the stories that don't usually get told in the history books."--Provided by publisher.
Isaac Newton (1642-1727) devoted ample time to the study of ancient chronology, resulting in the posthumously published 'The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended' (1728). Here, Newton attempted to show how the antiquity of Greece, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, and other Mediterranea…