Mapping time : the calendar and its history
Richards, E. G.1998
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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.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1998.
Collation:
xxi, 438p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780198504139 (hbk)
Dewey class:
529.309529.3
Language:
English
BRN:
1499731