diff --git a/src/components/Map.jsx b/src/components/Map.jsx
index 5849087..8b0dd40 100644
--- a/src/components/Map.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Map.jsx
@@ -35,16 +35,21 @@ class Map extends React.Component {
   }
 
   componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
-    if (hash(nextProps.app.selected) !== hash(this.props.app.selected)) {
-
-      // Fly to first  of events selected
-      const eventPoint = (nextProps.app.selected.length > 0) ? nextProps.app.selected[0] : null;
-
-      if (eventPoint !== null && eventPoint.latitude && eventPoint.longitude) {
-        this.map.setView([eventPoint.latitude, eventPoint.longitude]);
-      }
+    // Set appropriate zoom for narrative 
+    if (hash(nextProps.app.mapBounds) !== hash(this.props.app.mapBounds)
+      && nextProps.app.mapBounds !== null) {
+        this.map.fitBounds(nextProps.app.mapBounds);
+    } else {
+      if (hash(nextProps.app.selected) !== hash(this.props.app.selected)) {
+        // Fly to first  of events selected
+        const eventPoint = (nextProps.app.selected.length > 0) ? nextProps.app.selected[0] : null;
+  
+        if (eventPoint !== null && eventPoint.latitude && eventPoint.longitude) {
+          this.map.setView([eventPoint.latitude, eventPoint.longitude]);
+        }
+      }  
     }
-  }
+  }  
 
   initializeMap() {
     /**
@@ -246,6 +251,7 @@ function mapStateToProps(state) {
       selected: state.app.selected,
       highlighted: state.app.highlighted,
       mapAnchor: state.app.mapAnchor,
+      mapBounds: state.app.filters.mapBounds,
       narrative: state.app.narrative,
       flags: {
         isShowingSites: state.app.flags.isShowingSites
diff --git a/src/components/Timeline.jsx b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
index fc3f15b..535fa27 100644
--- a/src/components/Timeline.jsx
+++ b/src/components/Timeline.jsx
@@ -58,10 +58,21 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
         scaleY: this.makeScaleY(nextProps.domain.categories)
       });
     }
+
+    if (hash(nextProps.app.selected) !== hash(this.props.app.selected)) {
+      if (!!nextProps.app.selected && nextProps.app.selected.length > 0) {
+        this.onCenterTime(parseDate(nextProps.app.selected[0].timestamp));
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   addEventListeners() {
     window.addEventListener('resize', () => { this.computeDims(); });
+    let element = document.querySelector('.timeline-wrapper');
+    element.addEventListener("transitionend", (event) => {
+      this.computeDims();
+    }, { once: true });
+
   }
 
   makeScaleX() {
@@ -103,7 +114,8 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
       const boundingClient = document.querySelector(`#${dom}`).getBoundingClientRect();
 
       this.setState({
-        dims: Object.assign({}, this.state.dims, { width: boundingClient.width })
+          dims: Object.assign({}, this.state.dims, { width: boundingClient.width })
+        }, () => { this.setState({ scaleX: this.makeScaleX() })
       });
     }
   }
@@ -132,6 +144,17 @@ class Timeline extends React.Component {
     });
   }
 
+  onCenterTime(newCentralTime) {
+    const extent = this.getTimeScaleExtent();
+
+    const domain0 = d3.timeMinute.offset(newCentralTime, -extent/2);
+    const domainF = d3.timeMinute.offset(newCentralTime, +extent/2);
+
+    this.setState({ timerange: [domain0, domainF] }, () => {
+      this.props.methods.onUpdateTimerange(this.state.timerange);
+    });    
+  }
+
   /**
    * Change display of time range
    * WITHOUT updating the store, or data shown.
diff --git a/src/components/presentational/TimelineEvents.js b/src/components/presentational/TimelineEvents.js
index 035ab64..8c9678f 100644
--- a/src/components/presentational/TimelineEvents.js
+++ b/src/components/presentational/TimelineEvents.js
@@ -35,7 +35,15 @@ const TimelineEvents = ({
   function renderDatetime(datetime) {
     if (narrative) {
       const { steps } = narrative
-      const isInNarrative = steps.map(s => s.id).includes(event.id)
+      // check all events in the datetime before rendering in narrative
+      let isInNarrative = false
+      for (let i = 0; i < datetime.events.length; i++) {
+        const event = datetime.events[i]
+        if (steps.map(s => s.id).includes(event.id)) {
+          isInNarrative = true
+          break;
+        }
+      }
 
       if (!isInNarrative) {
         return null
diff --git a/src/reducers/app.js b/src/reducers/app.js
index 8140d7a..a17ec9a 100644
--- a/src/reducers/app.js
+++ b/src/reducers/app.js
@@ -36,11 +36,61 @@ function updateSelected(appState, action) {
 }
 
 function updateNarrative(appState, action) {
+  let minTime = appState.filters.timerange[0];
+  let maxTime = appState.filters.timerange[1];
+
+  let cornerBound0 = [180, 180];
+  let cornerBound1 = [-180, -180];
+
+  // Compute narrative time range and map bounds
+  if (!!action.narrative) {
+    minTime = parseDate('2100-01-01T00:00:00');
+    maxTime = parseDate('1900-01-01T00:00:00');
+
+    // Find max and mins coordinates of narrative events
+    action.narrative.steps.forEach(step => {
+      const stepTime = parseDate(step.timestamp);
+      if (stepTime < minTime) minTime = stepTime;
+      if (stepTime > maxTime) maxTime = stepTime;
+
+      if (!!step.longitude && !!step.latitude) {
+        if (+step.longitude < cornerBound0[1]) cornerBound0[1] = +step.longitude;
+        if (+step.longitude > cornerBound1[1]) cornerBound1[1] = +step.longitude;
+        if (+step.latitude < cornerBound0[0]) cornerBound0[0] = +step.latitude;
+        if (+step.latitude > cornerBound1[0]) cornerBound1[0] = +step.latitude;  
+      }
+    });
+    // Adjust bounds to center around first event, while keeping visible all others
+    // Takes first event, finds max ditance with first attempt bounds, and use this max distance
+    // on the other side, both in latitude and longitude
+    const first = action.narrative.steps[0];
+    if (!!first.longitude && !!first.latitude) {
+      const firstToLong0 = Math.abs(+first.longitude - cornerBound0[1]);
+      const firstToLong1 = Math.abs(+first.longitude - cornerBound1[1]);
+      const firstToLat0 = Math.abs(+first.latitude - cornerBound0[0]);
+      const firstToLat1 = Math.abs(+first.latitude - cornerBound1[0]);
+
+      if (firstToLong0 > firstToLong1) cornerBound1[1] = +first.longitude + firstToLong0;
+      if (firstToLong0 < firstToLong1) cornerBound0[1] = +first.longitude - firstToLong1;
+      if (firstToLat0 > firstToLat1) cornerBound1[0] = +first.latitude + firstToLat0;
+      if (firstToLat0 < firstToLat1) cornerBound0[0] = +first.latitude - firstToLat1;
+    }
+    
+    // Add some buffer on both sides of the time extent
+    minTime = new Date(minTime.getTime() - Math.abs((maxTime - minTime) / 10));
+    maxTime = new Date(maxTime.getTime() + Math.abs((maxTime - minTime) / 10));
+  }
+
   return {
     ...appState,
     narrative: action.narrative,
     narrativeState: {
       current: !!action.narrative ? 0 : null
+    },
+    filters: {
+      ...appState.filters,
+      timerange: [minTime, maxTime],
+      mapBounds: (action.narrative) ? [cornerBound0, cornerBound1] : null
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/store/initial.js b/src/store/initial.js
index ba29a5d..dbfbd19 100644
--- a/src/store/initial.js
+++ b/src/store/initial.js
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const initial = {
         d3.timeParse("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")("2013-02-23T12:00:00"),
         d3.timeParse("%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")("2016-02-23T12:00:00")
       ],
+      mapBounds: null,
       tags: [],
       categories: [],
       views: {