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Here are the books, maps and documents used to research these stories. Start with a book about time, the decree that removed a Tuesday in the Philippines, or a map comparing several routes of the Date Line.

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BOOK

One Time Fits All

How calendars and clocks were brought into agreement.

DOCUMENT

The Philippines decree

The 1844 order in a printed reproduction of a certified copy.

Benko, 1890 · pp. 13–14
MAPHistorical plate with different date lines

Several lines on one plate

Compare the traces of changes involving Alaska and the Philippines.

Admiralty · 1930 reproduction

Four books related to the subject

Four books about the history of the Date Line and how we learned to organise time.