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The Stream of Time
Adams' Map of History · Searchable Digital Edition
You are about to explore Sebastian C. Adams' Synchronological Chart of History, also known as Adams' Map of History, first published in 1871 and revised in 1881 — more than twenty feet of paper that compress world history from the Creation to the late nineteenth century into a single continuous visual timeline.
The complete chart is free to explore online, with no download needed. Pinch or scroll to zoom. Drag to pan. Use the panel buttons to jump between sections, or search for any name, date, nation, or event.
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Adams Time Chart: the free Searchable Digital Edition of the 1881 Synchronological Chart
In 1871, Sebastian C. Adams published the Synchronological Chart of Universal History, later sold as Adams' Synchronological Chart or Map of History — more than twenty feet of paper that compress world history from the Creation to the late nineteenth century into a single continuous visual timeline. It was revised in 1881 and became one of the most widely distributed history charts in America.
This free online edition lets you explore the entire chart in high resolution on any device, with nothing to download or install. You can search its 13,000+ transcribed entries by name, date, nation, or event, and zoom directly to any point on the timeline. It is free to use, carries no advertising, and is maintained independently by Heritage Chronology Press.
New to the chart? Read What is Adams' Map of History?, then walk through the ten panels of the chart, one page per panel: the years each one holds, the people on it, and what to look for when you zoom.
Transcribing and verifying more than 13,000 entries, and serving a 50,000-pixel image to every visitor, takes a great deal of time and has real ongoing costs. There is no paywall and no advertising here: this project is sustained by the people who use it.
The same is true of what comes next. A Teaching Companion, a Student Workbook, and a Bible Study Companion are in preparation, and they will take shape at the pace this community makes possible. If the chart has served your family, classroom, or study group, a contribution of any size helps keep it online and brings the next resources closer.
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adamschart.org is a free, searchable digital edition of Sebastian C. Adams' original 1881 chart. Whichever printed edition you own, 2.0, 3.0 or another, you can use this site alongside it to zoom into every panel and search more than 13,000 entries by name, date, nation or event.
You don't need one: the complete chart is free to explore here in high resolution, on any device, with nothing to download. If you'd like something to keep, our free PDF guide, 10 Historical Synchronisms from Adams' Chart, is available on this page.
No. adamschart.org doesn't sell printed copies. It is a free digital edition that you can use on its own or alongside any printed copy of the chart.
It is a chronological chart of world and biblical history created by Sebastian C. Adams: a single illustrated timeline more than 20 feet long, running from 4004 B.C. to the late nineteenth century, on which every nation flows side by side. It was first published in 1871 and revised up to the 1881 edition shown here.
Adams followed Archbishop James Ussher's biblical chronology, the standard reference of his day, and drew on historians such as Josephus, Rawlinson and Haydn's Dictionary of Dates. Modern historians date some ancient events differently, so the chart is best read as a remarkable nineteenth-century view of world and biblical history.
Questions, corrections, or feedback? Reach us at [email protected].
10 Historical Synchronisms from Adams' Chart You Didn't Know
Last updated: October 2026
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