Mapping time : the calendar and its history
Richards, E. G. (Edward Graham), 1932-1999
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With background history on astronomy and the history of writing and counting as well as methods for converting dates in one calendar to another, this volume provides a useful overview of how calendars were invented and their subsequent development.
Main title:
Mapping time : the calendar and its history / E. G. Richards.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Collation:
xxi, 438p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 1998.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
01928620579780192862051
Dewey class:
529.3'09529.309529.309
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
38376
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