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Hocquart, Édouard
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Date estimated. A history of Rome depicted as a river, flowing from the black cloud around a volcano, increasing in size as it subsumes other countries into its empire, before splitting up in the fifth century AD. Down the sides are 24 vignettes of the remains of Roman buildings around Europe. Two columns list events and important people, the last entry dated 493. Underneath are the medallion portraits of the emperors from Augustus to Constantine. (Altea, 2020)
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Saintin
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Date estimated. A history of Classical Greece from 1900 to 82BC, with each state depicted as a river until the fall of Athens meant the whole country become one province of Rome. At the top is a vignette scene of the Spartan army at Thermopylae. Other columns list events, celebrities, and inventions, discoveries and monuments. (Altea, 2020)
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Jazwinski, Antoni
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Sign by the inventor of this memory system, Antoni Jazwinski. This system of teaching student memorization of large amounts of information was called the Polish system and it was popular in Europe and the United States in the mid 19th century. The system uses the grind of squares and colors to represent dates and character of events over time.
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Vidal, Abbé O.
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Date estimated. A history of the Catholic Church depicted as a river, with small tributaries and distributaries representing countries joining or leaving the church. Examples include: the split with the Greek Orthodox Church; the Reformation of Henry VIII, followed by the return of Mary I and final schism with Elizabeth; the conversion of Canada and, lastly Hawaii. At the top is a scene of Christ and the apostles, with two caprices of religious and church emblems. Two columns of portraits of saints and popes flank further lists: a summary of world history; Councils; popes and religious authors; heresies and schisms; anti-popes, and principal Roman emperors (ending with the fall of Constantinople. (Altea, 2020)
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Anonymous
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Date estimated. A large plate showing the history of the world as a series of rivers, starting in 3984 BC and ending c.1830 (the last dated event). The rivers converge during some eras, for example during the Roman Empire, before branching off again. Aquatint, printed in blue and hand finished. (Altea, 2020)
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Saintin
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Date estimated. A family tree of the Roman gods and their offspring, rooted in the fire and floods of Chaos. Down the sides are 28 vignette portraits of gods, muses and graces. (Altea, 2020)
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Hocquart, Édouard
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Date estimated. A history of France from 300 AD depicted as a river, with small tributaries and distributaries representing the acquisition or loss of territory, from the division of Roman Gaul between the Visigoths, Huns, Burgundians and Normans, before gradual consolidation then empire. Two columns of portraits of kings flank further lists: events, celebrities, battles, and inventions, discoveries and monuments. (Altea, 2020)
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Hocquart, Édouard
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Date estimated. A large plate showing the history of the world as a series of rivers, starting in 3984 BC and ending c.1830 (the last dated event). The rivers converge during some eras, for example during the Roman Empire, before branching off again. Aquatint, printed in blue and hand finished. (Altea, 2020)
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[El Sherif, Abbas Mahmoud, Nar, Muhamad Syd]
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Hocquart, Édouard
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Date estimated. A history of the Holy Land as a river, starting with Adam and Eve, splitting with the sons of Noah and uniting under the Persians and Romans, ending 100AD. An inset map showing the Holy Land divided into the Twelve Tribes. Above the map are written the Twelve Commandments (in French). Down the sides are twenty vignettes of biblical places. Two columns list events and important people. (Altea, 2020)
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Vidal, Abbé O.
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Date estimated. A history of France from the stirrings of revolution in 1787, through the rise and fall of Napoleon, to 1833 and the reign of Louis Philippe. It shows events as a river, with small tributaries and distributaries representing the acquisition or loss of territory. At the top are three battle scenes: the storming of the Tuileries in 1792; the crossing of the Arcole Bridge, 1796; and the storming of the Hôtel de Ville in the July Revolution, 1830. Two columns of portraits of famous figures flank further lists: sieges and battles; principal events; inventions, institutions and monuments; and celebrity deaths.
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Vidal, Abbé O.
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Date estimated. A history of the Roman Empire from 300AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, depicted as a river. It splits between the Western and Eastern Empires, and has several small tributaries and distributaries representing the acquisition or loss of territory. The Western Empire ends abruptly with the crowning of Charlemagne; the Eastern Empire flows into the Turkish Empire. Above the chart is an oval view of Constantinople, with crosses on the churches. Down the sides are vignette portraits of figures including Constantine, Belisarius & Mehmet II. (Altea, 2020)
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Pick, Eug.
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Compare to Colton's Stream of Time, 1842. Has vignettes of people, buildings, historical scenes and important places in the history of the world. Full color. Dissected into 9 sections and edged in white cloth.
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Stummer, Joseph
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Composite of of 9 lithographs, including 8 sheets and title page.
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Willard, Emma
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Color chart of time, 68x96, folded in covers 36x25, putting the course of time in perspective in multiple dimensions. Chart exhibited nations both ethnographically and chronographically. With many of the most celebrated leaders of the world. Includes notes on lower panel.
Author
[Sparks, John B., Rand McNally and Company]
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Large chart with "Time in Years to a continuous Logarithmic Scale " on left and right side, beginning in thousands of years ago and changing scale eventually to current time, 1952.
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Wagner, Alexander
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Timeline atlas of world history. Compiled by Russian historian and State Council Alexander Wagner. Permission was granted on the 27 of June 1839, by the censor P. Korsakov in Saint Petersburg. The timeline runs from 5508 BC to 1839 AD. Wagner has broken up world history into three eras :The world of antiquity, 5508 BC-476 AD; The Middle Ages, 476-1499; New or modern world. Wagner connected separate sections that were related by civilization by matching colors and by stretching out the characters of the name of the civilizations over numerous sections. The map is one of the most detailed timelines of its type that appeared in mid-19th century.
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Renaudot, Claude, 1765–1790
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Uncolored pictorial timeline map and genealogical chart in the form of a tree detailing the genealogy of the Monarchs of England and Scotland from 440 up to George III, 1760. Made by Claude Renaudot, a lawyer and historian who published under the pseudonym ‘Mazaroz’, created the chart in Paris in the decade leading up to the French Revolution, published in Paris in 1781 by Mondhare. While the present chart is separately issued and is a complete work in and of itself, Renaudot (as ‘Mazaroz’) also issued an extremely rare book explaining the time chart and the chronology of the British monarchy.
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Josseran, F.A.
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Timeline map of origins of inventions and discoveries offering a general and chronological overview of the inventions and discoveries of all known time, by F.A. Josseran. Engraved by Giersbergen and son. Divided into three sheets. Library has sheets 1 and 3. Contains the inventions, discoveries and names of the most remarkable characters until 1830, followed by an alphabetical table of contents "Table alphabetique des Matiers", Lower sheet signed by author in lower right corner. Includes list of abbreviations.
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Josseran, F.A.
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Timeline map of origins of inventions and discoveries offering a general and chronological overview of the inventions and discoveries of all known time, by F.A. Josseran. Engraved by Giersbergen and son. Divided into three sheets. Library has sheets 1 and 3. Contains the inventions, discoveries and names of the most remarkable characters until 1830, followed by an alphabetical table of contents "Table alphabetique des Matiers", Lower sheet signed by author in lower right corner. Includes list of abbreviations.
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Josseran, F.A.
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Timeline map of origins of inventions and discoveries offering a general and chronological overview of the inventions and discoveries of all known time, by F.A. Josseran. Engraved by Giersbergen and son. Divided into three sheets. Library has sheets 1 and 3. Contains the inventions, discoveries and names of the most remarkable characters until 1830, followed by an alphabetical table of contents "Table alphabetique des Matiers", Lower sheet signed by author in lower right corner. Includes list of abbreviations.
Author
[Stucchi, Stanislao (approximately 1780), Strass, Friedrich, 1766-1845]
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[Rosenberg, Daniel, Archibald, Sasha, Schori, Tal]
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Historical Chronology, a comprehensive cartographic representations of time, features a wide variety of timelines by Daniel Rosenberg for Cabinet Magazine. From 2nd century AD. through the late 20th century. In 1765, Joseph Priestley published a chart representing the lives of famous men by means of lines arrayed chronologically against a scale of 2,950 years. After Priestley, the form of the timeline caught on. In addition to its visual effectiveness, the timeline amplified conceptions of historical progress. The poster accompanied a pamphlet with title " The Trouble with Timelines : an Educational Pamphlet". The article considers the nature of narrative, and of chronology specifically, as well as the history of the timeline. Daniel Rosenberg is assistant professor of history in the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. Cabinet is published by Immaterial Incorporated, a non-profit organization. Date estimated.
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Strass, Friedrich
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Hand color timeline chart by Austrian chronologer Strass,130x70. Folds into brown marbled case 37.5x26 with a label "Der Strom der Zeiten oder bildliche Darstellung der Weltgeschichte ..." A chronological representation of world history from the oldest times until 1800, with corresponding tables on both sides of the chart. The is the second edition by Strass, see our 1803 first edition (7921.000).
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Martignoni, Jerome Andre
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Time line map, a chronological tree of French and English historical events since the birth of Christ until 1700. Prepared and published by the Italian scholar and poet Jerome Andre Martignoni. Includes in the upper left corner inset map of "modern" England, in the right upper corner "modern" France, and in lower panel coats of arms. The Channel and the Mediterranean are filled with ships and a scale. In the lower part the map continues with parts of North Africa, filled with dromedaries, elephants, etc. The title of his work translates as " Explanation of the historical map of France and Britain since the birth of Jesus Christ until the year 1700, which contains abbreviated key events of these kingdoms during the Roman Empire. Martignoni intended this work as a new means of teaching European History in an easy, comprehensible, and all-encompassing manner by means of historical maps composed in a special methodical way. His work offered one of the first systematic visualizations of the stream-of -time metaphor, but it was far from the last. Martignoni stretched what could be shown in a single view to the very limit. what would appear at first to be world maps are in fact hybrid charts combining geographic and chronographic information.
Author
Doetechum, Baptist van
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Copper engraving broadside time chart, showing a diagram with the years of reign of the most important monarchs in world history, with letters and numbers to identify them, from the Assyrian rulers to the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II of Habsburg (1552 - 1612), with text in Latin and Dutch language. Engraved by Baptist van Doetechum and printed by Franciscus van den Hoeye. This time table was issued in Amsterdam circa.1600-1606 and is derived from the one that appeared in Michael Eytzinger's book "Pentaplus regnorum inundi." The circular table is surrounded by notes and mannerist strapwork that enclose vignettes depicting mementos of time, such as hour glasses. The dating as 1600-1606 is due to the fact that Baptist van Doetecum lived in Amsterdam only during these years. It's thought that during that time he arranged for the Printer Frans van den Hoeye to print his time chart.
Author
[Lowenstein, I., Knigoizdatelstvo "Utro"]
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Uncolored pictorial map of the family tree of modern socialism, dated from 1889-1904. Folded into 21.5x12. With attached 15 page of explanation, notes and text on page 16.
Author
Weigel, Christoph
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From Alex Johnson: This exceptionally attractive timewheel chronicles the reigns of the kings and dukes of 11 different jurisdictions in Italy over a period spanning from the 10th Century to the year 1720. Following the precedent set by the Eusabian Tables, the timetable permits one to cross-reference different rulers in the various regions, allowing one to make sense of the complex but interconnected dynastic politics of the Italian Peninsula and islands. The timewheel's volvelle, or turning hand, facilitates the "operation" of the piece, and the overall unusual circular arrangement of price is naturally inspired by a clock face. The peculiarity of the piece lies in the arrangement of the individual columns in the form of concentric circles. These are divided into 8 brightly-coloured segments each respectively corresponding to a century. As timetable was made in the early 1720s, the segment depicting the 18th Century is thus not even a quarter complete, such that blank space is sensibly left for one to add the names of future rulers, in their own hand. This way the timetable could be kept current, even for many years after its issue. While the present example is clean and free of notes, it appears that contemporary owners of the Weigel's timewheels took the availed themselves of opportunity to make additions. An example of a different edition of a Weigel timewheel, dated 1723, which chronicles the reigns of the rulers of the main states of Europe, found in the collections of Princeton University, features manuscript editions of subsequent rulers extending deep into the 18th Century (Rosenberg & Grafton, p. 105). Interestingly, the key to dating the present piece also represents a subtle, yet unambiguous, rhetorical message. The most recent ruler to be featured on the piece is Charles VI (1685-1740), the Austrian Habsburg who ruled as the Holy Roman Emperor and who, as labeled on the timewheel, became the King of Sicily in 1720. It is thus clear that the present piece dates from 1720 of later, but before Weigel's death in 1725. Date estimated. This chart was issued in some copies of Johann David Kohler's undated school atlas, Atlas Scholasticus et Itinerarius, and separately listed in his 1724 Anleitung zu der verbesserten Neuen Geographie.
Author
Weigel, Christoph
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Circular historical diagram with movable paper pointer, dial is arranged in concentric circles, hand moves chronologically from the Holy Roman Emperors, Popes and kings of Europe from AD to 1721. Chart shows a chronology of princes and dukes from the most important Italian duchies and kingdoms from 1000 to 1800. Each century spans 45 degrees. The spheres of influence include the Kingdom of Naples, Kingdom of Sicily, and Duchy of Savoy. The names of the noblemen appear in fourteen concentric rings, one for each title, with 20 degrees for each century. The titles appear at the appropriate positions on the pointer, so that one can turn the pointer to any date to see the names of the noblemen at that date. Includes cherubs hold the drape style title at top and explanatory text at bottom. Date estimated. This chart was issued in some copies of Johann David Kohler���s undated school atlas, Atlas Scholasticus et Itinerarius, and separately listed in his 1724 Anleitung zu der verbesserten Neuen Geographie.
Author
Weigel, Christoph
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Circular historical diagram with movable paper hand, dial is arranged in concentric circles, each circle corresponding to one electorship; hand moves chronologically from 1200 to 1800. The chart provides a chronology of rulers within the German Empire from 1200 to 1800 - with the chart remaining blank after 1716. There are 10 concentric rings, each representing a different kingdom or sphere of influence, such as Holy Roman Emperor, King of Bohemia, King of Saxony, etc. The circle is divided into 6 centuries, with each century spanning 60 degrees. The names of the rulers are listed within each ring, and placed at the corresponding degree based on the year they came to power. The spheres of influence are also listed on the pointer, so that the pointer can be moved around the circle to any date to see the names of the noblemen on that date. Includes cherubs hold the drape style title at top and explanatory text at bottom. Title and chart in Latin; explanatory text in German. Date estimated.
Author
[Martignoni, Girolamo Andrea, Tasniere, Barth. Joseph]
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Circular historical diagram of the Imperial Roman Empire, with 2 maps of the Mediterranean at the center. Though the diagram is dated 1718, this is the revised edition published in Rome by Antonio de Rossi, 1721. This complex graphic timeline depicts the development of the territories belonging to the Roman Empire, to include small birds-eye views of Constantinople, Madrid, Vienna, Rome, Paris, and London, with dozens of additional city names appearing in blank bubble, apparently in anticipation of views being added in subsequent states. In the lower half of the map, there are 6 coats of arms and many blank coats of arms, again apparently in anticipation of further engraving.
Author
[Sparks, John B., Rand McNally and Company]
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This is a companion chart to Spark's Histomap of History (see our 1810.000). The jacket designed by Clark Higginson. Text on back cover: "The Histomap of Evolution, by John B. Sparks." Evolution chart shows "Lines of descent and relative dominance of the several classes, orders and species of life." On the sides are a chronological list to "Geological cultural historical periods" and "The history of emergence and progression of life". Glossary on the bottom panel.
Author
[Sparks, John B., Rand McNally and Company]
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This is a companion chart to Spark's Histomap of History (see our 1810.000). The jacket designed by Clark Higginson. Text on back cover: "The Histomap of Evolution, by John B. Sparks." Evolution chart shows "Lines of descent and relative dominance of the several classes, orders and species of life." On the sides are a chronological list to "Geological cultural historical periods" and "The history of emergence and progression of life". Glossary on the bottom panel.
Author
Skeen, Jacob
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A colorful combination of timeline, genealogical chart and map (with modern names). In two sheets. Although researched, designed, drawn, and copyrighted by Jacob Skeen, a Presbyterian, the chart is strongly associated with the Shaker Church, in particular Brother Alonzo Hollister (1830-1911) of the Shaker community at Mount Lebanon, New York. Whether the Shakers contracted for the chart or just what the relationship was is uncertain. Skeen spent 10 years developing it. Skeen Chart Co. Limited included Jacob Skeen of Lousiville; Matthew B. Carter of the Shaker community at Union Village, Ohio; Benjamin Gates of the community at Mount Lebanon; and F.M. and W.F. Pennebaker of the community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Apparently superseded by a larger chart in 1891.
Author
Skeen, Jacob
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A colorful combination of timeline, genealogical chart and map (with modern names). In two sheets. Although researched, designed, drawn, and copyrighted by Jacob Skeen, a Presbyterian, the chart is strongly associated with the Shaker Church, in particular Brother Alonzo Hollister (1830-1911) of the Shaker community at Mount Lebanon, New York. Whether the Shakers contracted for the chart or just what the relationship was is uncertain. Skeen spent 10 years developing it. Skeen Chart Co. Limited included Jacob Skeen of Lousiville; Matthew B. Carter of the Shaker community at Union Village, Ohio; Benjamin Gates of the community at Mount Lebanon; and F.M. and W.F. Pennebaker of the community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Apparently superseded by a larger chart in 1891.
Author
Skeen, Jacob
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A colorful combination of timeline, genealogical chart and map (with modern names). In two sheets. Although researched, designed, drawn, and copyrighted by Jacob Skeen, a Presbyterian, the chart is strongly associated with the Shaker Church, in particular Brother Alonzo Hollister (1830-1911) of the Shaker community at Mount Lebanon, New York. Whether the Shakers contracted for the chart or just what the relationship was is uncertain. Skeen spent 10 years developing it. Skeen Chart Co. Limited included Jacob Skeen of Lousiville; Matthew B. Carter of the Shaker community at Union Village, Ohio; Benjamin Gates of the community at Mount Lebanon; and F.M. and W.F. Pennebaker of the community at Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. Apparently superseded by a larger chart in 1891.
Author
Covarrubias, Miguel (1904 - 1957)
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This is a later hand drawn and painted version of Covarrubias' well known Tree of Modern Art that appeared in Vanity Fair Magazine in May of 1933. This tree is much the same, but the name of Dali has been added to the Surrealists branch, reflecting Dali's rise to prominence in the ensuring seven years. The Greek bust and the reclining man with frame are no present. The picture is signed by Covarrubias in the lower right. The date is estimated based on the verso of the paper being a blue lined base map of the National Park Service dated 12/28/39. This drawing was found in the papers of B. Ashburton Tripp (see our maps and drawing by him) and we assume that Covarrubias and Tripp were friends (verified by Tripp's descendants) and that the blue line base map was something Tripp was working on in his landscape architecture business. Possibley Covarrubias drew this for Tripp during a visit.
Author
Ensign, Bridgman, & Fanning
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An unusual timeline map in the form of a pictorial rolled map of the world, with elaborate borders, attached to wooden rod. Surrounded by Universal Dial Plate Or Times Of All Nations, various vignettes with explanation of the regions, kingdoms, and countries, lists of inventions and discoveries, distribution of men, A.D. Incidents of American history, Distinguished Americans, etc.
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Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)
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In 1769 Joseph Priestley published A new chart of history. Popularized the timeline format with his influential Chart of Biography in 1765. He was inspired by the Thomas Jefferys' 1753 model for a historical chart, A Chart of Universal History, upon which he improved by regularizing the distribution of dates, by presenting time horizontally, and by emphasizing the continuous flow of historical time. This chart is identical to the Chart of Biography in size and scale. This innovative, colorful timeline exhibits regions and the unity of empires that cannot be represented by continuous space. Priestley runs his dates across the page from left to right.
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Willard, Emma
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Willard uses the Historic Tree as a visualization of important events in American history. A smaller version of this diagram appears in one of her text books. Willard sums up her goal with this chart: "The eye is the only medium of permanent impression. The essential point in a date, is to know the relative place of an event, or how it stands in time, compared with other important events."
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