Time Travel
Survival guides for visiting historical eras
Time Traveler's Guide to the Kingdom of Benin, 1600
Survive the Kingdom of Benin at its height, where bronze court art rivals Europe's finest metalwork, wide avenues put Lisbon to shame, and the Oba's word is absolute.
A Time Traveler's Guide to Aotearoa, 1350
Aotearoa 1350 survival guide: what to wear, eat, and understand about the Polynesian voyagers settling the last major landmass on Earth, moa hunting, and early kumara gardens.
A Time Traveler's Guide to Iron Age Ireland 300 BC
Iron Age Ireland 300 BC survival guide: hillforts, druids, La Tene metalwork, and what to expect from a society that left no writing but stunning craftsmanship.
A Time Traveler's Guide to Delhi, 1857
Your survival guide to Delhi in 1857: the Sepoy Mutiny, the last Mughal emperor's court, and the four months that ended an empire and started another.
A Time Traveler's Guide to Confederate Richmond, 1863
Your guide to Confederate Richmond in 1863: Chimborazo Hospital, the April bread riot, wartime scarcity, and the machinery of slavery in the wartime capital.
A Time Traveler's Guide to the Ashanti Empire, 1800
Your Ashanti Empire 1800 travel guide to Kumasi, where the Golden Stool ruled a gold-rich West African power at the height of its influence.
A Time Traveler's Guide to the Zulu Kingdom, 1820
Zulu Kingdom 1820 survival guide: what to wear, eat, and understand about Shaka's amabutho regiments, the iklwa, and the mfecane upheaval.
A Time Traveler's Guide to the Kingdom of Dahomey, 1780
Kingdom of Dahomey history, on the ground: before The Woman King turned the Agojie into cinema, they were the real military force of a real 1780 kingdom.
A Time Traveler's Guide to Venice at Its Peak, 1500
Venice 1500 history, on the ground: the richest city in the Western world, a maritime republic with no king and more gold than most kingdoms.
Time Traveler's Guide to Revolutionary Boston, 1773
Colonial Boston in 1773 is a city on the edge of explosion. Here is how to dress, navigate, eat, and survive a visit to the year the Tea Party changed everything.
Time Traveler's Guide to Ancien Regime Paris, 1750
Ancien Regime Paris in 1750 is the intellectual capital of the world - Voltaire, the Encyclopedie, the salons - and one of the most dangerous, foul-smelling cities.
A Time Traveler's Gupta Empire Travel Guide: Pataliputra, 400 AD
A Gupta empire travel guide to Pataliputra in 400 AD, Chandragupta II's golden capital on the Ganges, where Kalidasa writes and a Chinese pilgrim files meticulous notes.