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Looking for the Adams Time Chart 2.0 or 3.0?

Everything is here: the chart itself, free, and books to help you understand it.

In short: “2.0” and “3.0” are names used for modern printed copies of Adams’ chart. The chart on this site is Adams’ own Third Edition (1878, with additions up to 1881).

Choose what you need

Want the chart on paper? Print it yourself with the Printable Edition ($12), at home or at a print shop.

Please note: everything here is digital (PDF). No printed book or chart is mailed to you.

Adams’ own editions

Sebastian C. Adams registered his chart in 1871 and kept improving it. Library catalogs record its editions by number and year:

So if you are looking for the third edition of the Adams chart, you can see it right here, in full, for free. Adams’ Map of History explained shows how to read it.

Already have a printed copy?

This site and the books work beside it. Search a name or a date here, then find the same place on your copy. The books explain what you see. Your copy may divide the chart into different panels, but the names and dates are the same.

Questions

Is the Adams Time Chart 3.0 the third edition of the chart?

No. “3.0” is a name used for modern printed reprints. Adams’ own third edition is the one described on the chart as the “Third Edition and Twelfth Thousand, carefully and critically revised and brought down to 1878”. It is the edition you can explore free on adamschart.org.

What is the Adams Time Chart 2.0?

A name used for printed reproductions of Sebastian C. Adams’ chart. Adams never numbered his chart 2.0 or 3.0; library catalogs describe his editions by number and year, a second edition brought down to 1876 and a third brought down to 1878. On adamschart.org you can explore his Third Edition free, with books that explain it.

Is there a free Adams Time Chart online?

Yes. adamschart.org shows the whole chart in high resolution, free, on any device. Every label has been transcribed, so you can search more than 13,000 entries by name, date, nation or event and zoom straight to them.

Is there a book that explains the Adams Time Chart?

Yes. The Heritage Timelines Study Edition is an illustrated PDF book for each panel of Adams’ chart, explaining every detail: Adams’ own words, enlarged details, the King James text and the sources he used (from $5 a panel, or $39 for all ten). For children, the Illustrated Family Edition retells each panel with a picture on every page.

Can I use the site and the books with a printed chart I already own?

Yes. They follow Adams’ original chart, so they explain what you see on any faithful reproduction of it. Your printed copy may divide the chart differently from our ten panels: the dates and names are what match.

Do you sell a printed Adams chart?

No printed chart is shipped: everything here is digital. To have the chart on paper, the Printable Edition ($12) gives you the whole chart as files to print at home, on 12 sheets or in large format on 96 sheets, or at a print shop.

Is there a large-print version?

On the site you can zoom into any detail and enlarge the text of the pages with the A+ button. On paper, the Printable Edition includes a large-format version on 96 sheets that join into one continuous chart.

See Adams’ Third Edition for yourself.
Zoom into every panel and search more than 13,000 entries. It’s free, with nothing to download.

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Text by Heritage Chronology Press. Chart by Sebastian C. Adams, Third Edition with additions to 1881 (public domain). Spotted an error? Tell us at [email protected].