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According to the book Cartographies of Time: History of the Timeline, the Synchronological Chart "was ninetheenth-century America's surpassing achievement in complexity and synthetic power." [ 9 ] The Oregon Encyclopedia notes that it is now prized by museums and library collections as an early representative of commercial illustration that ...
Nine Books of Disciplines by Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC-27 BC) Naturalis Historia by Pliny the Elder (AD 77-79); highly influential through the Middle Ages, the oldest encyclopedia for which there is an extant copy; De verborum significatione by Sextus Pompeius Festus (2nd century AD) Onomasticon by Julius Pollux (2nd century AD)
Teddy Roosevelt, the Bull Moose, led American progressives in the early 20th century. 1906 – San Francisco earthquake; 1907 – Oklahoma becomes a state; 1907 – Gentlemen's Agreement; 1907 – Coal mine explodes in Monongah, West Virginia, killing at least 361. Worst industrial accident in American history. 1908 – Ford Model T appears on ...
This list of historical fiction is designed to provide examples of notable works of historical fiction (in literature, film, comics, etc.) organized by time period.. For a more exhaustive list of historical novels by period, see Category:Historical novels by setting, which lists relevant Wikipedia categories; see also the larger List of historical novels, which is organized by country, as well ...
The Nuttall Encyclopædia (1900) Standard American Book of Knowledge (1900) - a reissue of Standard Cyclopedia (1897) 20th Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1901) World's Book of Knowledge (1901) New Century Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge (1902) American Educator and Library of Knowledge (1902) Standard Library of Knowledge (1904)
4 out of 10 best-selling American books in the 1900s were written by Winston Churchill (1871 – 1947) This is a list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 1900s, as determined by The Bookman, a New York–based literary journal. [1] The list features the most popular novels of each year from 1900 through 1909.
The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 112 (2). University of Pennsylvania Press: 167– 187. JSTOR 20092199. V. Valentine, Patrick M. (July 2005). "Libraries and Print Culture in Early North Carolina". The North Carolina Historical Review. 82 (3). North Carolina Office of Archives and History: 293– 325. JSTOR 23523028. W
The List of bibliographies on American history is a stand alone list of bibliographies about the history of the United States, intended as a quick reference. The bibliographies listed here are devoted only to major subjects in American history, i.e., founding fathers, American Revolution, presidents, wars, etc.