A chronological view of the world
Subtitle: exhibiting the leading events of universal history, the origin and progress of the arts and sciences, the obituary of distinguished men, and the periods in which they flourished; together with an account of the appearance of comets, and a complete view of the fall of meteoric stones, in all ages, collected chiefly from the article "chronology" in the new Edinburgh encyclopædia
By: ed. by Sir David Brewster. With an enlarged view of important events, particularly in regard to American history, and a continuation to the present time. Collected from authentic sources. By Daniel Haskel
Publisher: J.H. Colton
Published: 1853
Place of publication: New, York
Language: eng
Notes: "Intended to ... illustrate [Friedrich] Strass's Stream of time or Chart of universal history ... adapted to English literature by Dr. Irving."--Pref.