Whatever happened to the famous (some say notorious) Parisian alchemist, Nicolas Flamel? Did he really invent a time machine and live forever? Well, what you're about to read is a recently discovered trove of his writings. Flamel describes how he and his wife Perenelle Flamel modified a nautical navigation device known as a spherical astrolabe and turned it into a device for navigating the interstices of time. The descriptions of his 16th century visits to West Africa, Brazil, the Caribbean and England are nothing short of astonishing.