The Beauty of Maps
The Beauty of Maps
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The Beauty of Maps

2010
1 season
4 episodes
Documentary

Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Medieval Maps - Mapping the Medieval Mind

    19-04-201030m

    The story of the Hereford Mappa Mundi, the largest intact medieval wall map in the world

  • Ep 2

    2.London: City Maps - Order Out of Chaos

    20-04-201030m

    Three visions of London the 1682 Morgan Map, a1746 map and a contempory image

  • Ep 3

    3.Atlas Maps - Thinking Big

    21-04-201030m

    Paul Barber of the British Library discusses the golden age of Dutch cartography and examines the importance of atlases to the commercial endeavours of the 17th century. As maps be...

  • Ep 4

    4.Cartoon Maps - Politics and Satire

    23-04-201030m

    The series concludes by delving into the world of satyrical maps

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