The Beauty of Maps

0.030m20101 season

Documentary

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

Cast

Denis Lawson

Narrator (Voice)

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Medieval Maps - Mapping the Medieval Mind

2010-04-19 · 30m

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

London: City Maps - Order Out of Chaos

2010-04-20 · 30m

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

Atlas Maps - Thinking Big

2010-04-21 · 30m

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 became a means of expressing power, wealth and control, they became increasingly elaborate and artistic - and the documentary visits the world's largest atlas, a 24-volume example covering just the Netherlands, and the Klencke Atlas, made for Charles II's restoration in 1660.

Cartoon Maps - Politics and Satire

2010-04-23 · 30m

The series concludes by delving into the world of satyrical maps