The Adams Time Chart on your wall

Sebastian C. Adams’ Synchronological Chart is one long illustrated timeline, from the Creation to his own day. Here is how to put it on paper: as a poster, on a few sheets at home, or at full height, panel by panel.

In short: the Printable Edition ($12) gives you the files to print the whole chart yourself, from a 36 x 18 in poster to a full-length banner. Nothing is mailed to you. The chart itself is free to explore online.

Four ways to put it on paper

The whole chart on one poster

36 x 18 in, all ten panels in two rows of five, with the dates of each panel. One file for a print shop.
The whole chart on 12 sheets, at home

12 landscape sheets of US Letter or A4, assembled into a 36 x 18 in (91 x 46 cm) chart in about a quarter of an hour.
Panel by panel, at full height

Each panel on coded sheets with glue strips (9 per panel, 15 for the longest), all at one scale: each panel is 24 in (61 cm) tall, and the ten panels join into one chart of about 19 ft (5.8 m).
The full length, as a banner

One continuous image of 50,195 x 5,347 pixels: about 21 ft long and 27 in tall at 200 dpi, for a banner or roll printer.

Buy the Printable Edition · $12

Digital files (PDF, ZIP and JPEG), sent by email right after payment, with an 8-page guide to printing and assembling. See every file on the Printable Edition page.

Printed, folded copies

Printed reproductions of the chart are sold elsewhere as foldable books, often under names such as “Adams Time Chart 3.0”. We do not sell or ship a printed copy. If you would rather print it yourself, at the size you choose, the Printable Edition is made for that. Read about the editions of the chart.

Want to understand every detail?

Each panel has its own illustrated book in the Study Edition, and the complete edition of all ten books ($39) includes this Printable Edition.

Questions

Is this a printed, folded chart sent by mail?

No. The Printable Edition is a set of digital files that you print yourself, at home or at a print shop. Nothing is shipped.

How big is the original chart?

Sources differ: one history of timelines describes it as about seventeen feet long and more than two feet tall; other descriptions give about 23 feet.

Can I see the chart before buying anything?

Yes. The whole chart is free to explore on adamschart.org, in high resolution, with nothing to download.

Which edition of the chart is it?

The third edition, revised to 1878, with additions to 1881, reproduced as Adams printed it, with its original engravings.

Can I hang it in a church or a classroom?

Yes. You may print the files as often as you need for yourself, your household, your class or your church group, and display the chart. Please do not share the files or sell prints made from them.

Text by Heritage Chronology Press. The chart is reproduced from the third edition, revised to 1878, with additions to 1881. Spotted an error? Tell us at [email protected].