click image for close-up The cover of Benjamin Banneker's 1795 Almanac features a woodcut portrait of the author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner, at age ...

At the age of 58, Banneker taught himself astronomy, trigonometry and surveying. He published "Benjamin Banneker's Almanac," which was a best-seller in the newly formed states from 1792 to 1797.

Benjamin Banneker cartoon by Charles Alston U.S. National Archives and Records Administration / public domain Almanacs were the eighteenth century’s internet. The regularly printed miscellanies ...

Maryland intellectual and free Black man Benjamin Banneker was one of the first to document cicadas' 17-year life cycle in the late 1700s. His work was rarely credited.

click image for close-up The cover of Benjamin Banneker's 1795 Almanac features a woodcut portrait of the author, scientist, mathematician, farmer, astronomer, publisher and urban planner, at age ...