About this season
Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.
Episodes (4)
1. Medieval Maps - Mapping the Medieval Mind
Aired 19 April 2010 • 30 min
The story of the Hereford Mappa Mundi, the largest intact medieval wall map in the world
2. London: City Maps - Order Out of Chaos
Aired 20 April 2010 • 30 min
Three visions of London the 1682 Morgan Map, a1746 map and a contempory image
3. Atlas Maps - Thinking Big
Aired 21 April 2010 • 30 min
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.
4. Cartoon Maps - Politics and Satire
Aired 23 April 2010 • 30 min
The series concludes by delving into the world of satyrical maps