Talk:Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History

Updates
The article was pretty sketch and stringy. Ive gone and added some references, and filled out and cross-referenced a bunch of details and sources that should make it more useful. Johnrpenner (talk) 23:47, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

RE: Biblical Literalism — the chart is displaying Three Things: i) a biblical genealogy, ii) Historical verified sources, and iii) Contemporary Historical sources. the claim to biblical literalism would be valid if it claimed that the world began in 4004 — which it does not (just look at it - it is right there beside adam and eve, it says date of creation is 'UNKNOWN') — it is the genealogy which dates back to 4004, not the creation — and it continues this alongside the historic sources. there is no doubt that it is biblical — but the 'literal' being ascribed to the creation date is factually incorrect. i dont think ive left any ambiguity in conveying the fact that the chart 'synchronizes' the biblical narrative into the same chart as Historically verified sources Johnrpenner (talk) 15:54, 7 June 2024 (UTC)

to save anyone loooking this up, i have snapped a photo of the chart in question — here's the quote from the chart. Johnrpenner (talk) 18:59, 9 June 2024 (UTC)

it is important to note that modern charts (modelled on the Adams chart in format) also exist — 'The Big History Timeline Wallbook' -- gets rid of adam and eve and pops in the big bang -- many parents will prefer this later chart. i thought it would be worth mentioning in the intro -- to provide an alternative -- cheers! 🥂 i ammended the intro text as follows:

More contemporary histories of the world now exist, such as 'The Big History Timeline Wallbook', which continues the overall chronological format of Adam's chart, but replaces Adam and Eve with the Big Bang, and the biblical genealogy with phylogenetic diagram of evolutionary descent. Johnrpenner (talk) 18:34, 12 June 2024 (UTC)

Notable?
I have placed a notability tag on this article. All four references are to book catalogs (google, an online book seller, and the British library) none of which establish notability. See Notability (books). Mitico (talk, contribs) 12:54, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

This World History Chart was still hugely popular almost a hundred years after its publication. I know several people that have a copy, and I bought a copy at Chapters books in Toronto canada just a couple years back. It was also a staple in many school classrooms for decades (before internet and TV provided a multi-media experience which replaced print media). Yes. this is a special book in Historical reference. The National Museum of American History regards it as excellent.

https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/nmah_1807960

the notability tag is certainly not warranted, and has been removed. Johnrpenner (talk) 23:41, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Title discrepancy
I have a 1988 American edition of this book. The title &mdash; which is also shown inside the book &mdash; is displayed as The Wall Chart of World History. Because of this, I intend to change the title of this article to match the book's title. Does anyone care to discuss this? -JohnAlbertRigali (talk) 17:19, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
 * (Having created this article with the current name), fine for me. Feel free to be bold and make the rename. ♠  TomasBat   17:50, 1 May 2009 (UTC)

Oct 16, 2014 - I changed the title to Adams Synchronological Chart or Map of History. This is by far the most common title used to refer to this work. Also, the author is Sebastian Adams, not Edward Hull. This is a common mistake. Edward Hull simply contributed a geological chart that was added later. Also, the publication date is 1871. matt434