The Alternate Histories of the World

This remarkable collection of maps, photographs, engravings, and paintings from the early ages to modern day provides a visual history of the world as characterized by our struggles and alliances with the monsters and supernatural creatures that have defined our existence. Learn how a mechanical man helped write America's Declaration of Independence. Track the course of the Living Dead virus from Africa to Europe and on to the New World. View artifacts from our uneasy alliance with...
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This remarkable collection of maps, photographs, engravings, and paintings from the early ages to modern day provides a visual history of the world as characterized by our struggles and alliances with the monsters and supernatural creatures that have defined our existence. Learn how a mechanical man helped write America's Declaration of Independence. Track the course of the Living Dead virus from Africa to Europe and on to the New World. View artifacts from our uneasy alliance with the Martian race, or simply delight in the vibrant colors and illustrations from a bygone age. More than 100 full-color images and insightful essays make this book an essential addition to the libraries of dedicated historians as well as casual fans of monsters and mayhem.

Winner of the Gorgox the Eradicator Prize for Subjective History

'A theoretically enjoyable visual compendium of mankind's progress.' Magnificent Medwin the Mechanical Man

'I expect it will shortly be known that this book is the finest human accomplishment of the twentieth and first century.' Time-Traveling George Washington

'An engaging, beautifully illustrated work. It is a shame that it, like all of humanity's achievements, will soon be destroyed.' Martian Emperor Krgyx