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From: Michael@xenite.org (Michael Martinez)
Subject: Timeline for John Carter
Date: 21 Dec 1997 00:00:00 GMT
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1607 -- Jamestown is founded in Virginia.
1786 -- "Possibly" Carter was born around this time.
1860 -- Carter is in Virginia.
1861-5 -- Carter serves in the Confederate army.
1865 -- Carter and James Powell go west and locate a gold mine.
1866 -- Carter and Powell are attacked by Apaches. Powell is killed
but Carter's spirit passes to Barsoom. Carter meets Tars
Tarkas and Dejah Thoris. Becomes a Prince of Helium and
marries Dejah Thoris.
1876 -- Carter saves Barsoom but returns to Earth.
1877 -- Carter leaves Virginia and purchases an estate on the Hudson
river in New York. Carthoris hatches about this time.
1885 -- ERB visits Carter at his estate on the Hudson.
1886 -- Carter leaves a manuscript for ERB and returns to Barsoom.
ERB takes Carter's body to Virginia.
1887/8 -- Carter is reunited with Dejah Thoris and is proclaimed
Warlord of Barsoom by the Jeddaks of Helium, Thark, Okar,
the First Born, and other nations.
1898 -- Carter returns to Virginia and tells ERB the story of THE
GODS OF MARS, THE WARLORD OF MARS, and THUVIA: MAID OF MARS.
This may have been the year of Tara of Helium's hatching.
[INTERVAL 1]
During this period, the events of THE CHESSMEN OF MARS occur.
1917 -- Ulysses Paxton is killed in France and becomes Vad Varo on
Barsoom. The events of THE MASTER MIND OF MARS follow.
1925 -- John Carter visits ERB and gives him Paxton's manuscript
for THE MASTER MIND OF MARS.
[INTERVAL 2]
During this period, the events of A FIGHTING MAN OF MARS
occur.
1930 -- Jason Gridley attempts to contact Barsoom, but then departs
for Pellucidar to rescue David Innes. He leaves his apparatus
in operation.
1930 -- ERB is contacted by Ulysses Paxton via Gridley Wave.
1931/2 -- About this time Dejah Thoris is kidnapped. The events of
THE SWORDS OF MARS follow. About this time Carson Napier
sets out for Barsoom but ends up on (Venus) Amtor.
1933 -- Carter visits ERB in Arizona.
[INTERVAL 3]
During this period, the events of SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS
occur.
1940 -- About this time, the events of SYNTHETIC MEN OF MARS are
transmitted to ERB via Gridley Wave.
[INTERVAL 4]
During this time the events of Llana of Gathol occur.
1947 -- About this time, John Carter visits ERB in Oahu.
1949 -- About this time, John Carter and Dejoh Thoris are taken
to Sassoom (Jupiter).
1967 -- Barsoom officially contacts Jasoom (Earth). ERB meets
Julian II on Mars Day (June 10).
1969 -- ERB meets Julian II again.
2015 -- A ship leaves Barsoom for Earth.
2020 -- The last message is received from the Barsoomian ship.
2024 -- An experimental ship leaves Earth for Barsoom.
2026 -- Julian 5th sets out for Barsoom with Orthis on THE BARSOOM
but Orthis sabotages the ship and forces a landing on Va-nah
(the Earth's moon).
2036 -- Julian 5th returns to Earth from Va-nah.
2050 -- Orthis leads an invasion of Earth.
Note: I don't know when Llana of Gathol would have hatched, but it couldn't
have been before 1908. I included the references to Carson Napier, Jason
Gridley, and the MOON MAID/MOON MEN stories because ERB loosely connected them
to the Carter timeline.
Any comments or corrections will be appreciated.
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