Mapping the World
A collection of programmes relating to maps.
Maps—The Digital Human, Series 6
Aleks Krotoski examines what digital mapping has meant for our understanding of the world.
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The Map That Made Manhattan
Exploring the Manhattan grid as city matrix, psychic space and a bold political ideal.
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Strabo's Geographica—In Our Time
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss Strabo's Geographica, an early work of geography.
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Mexican Codex Map—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Tolerance and Intolerance (AD 1550-1700)
Neil MacGregor explores the Spanish religious conquest of Mexico with a map.
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The Discovery of the English Land—Discovery of England
Jonathan Bate maps the influence of 16th-century cartography on the English countryside.
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Here Be Dragons—Short Cuts, Series 7
Josie Long presents stories of venturing into unknown territory.
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Simon Garfield: Maps and Mistakes—Pop-Up Ideas, Series 2
Simon Garfield discusses the mistakes and deceptions in some of our best-loved maps.
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06/08/2011—Open Country
Helen Mark visits Kent to discover the history of the Ordnance Survey after 220 years.
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North American Buckskin Map—A History of the World in 100 Objects, Exploration, Exploitation and Enlightenment (AD 1680-1820)
Neil MacGregor with a buckskin map from North America
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Tim Harford: The Power of Maps—Pop-Up Ideas, Series 2
Tim Harford and his guests tell intriguing stories inspired by maps.
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Jerry Brotton: Mapping History—Pop-Up Ideas, Series 2
Professor Jerry Brotton discusses how each period in history gets the map it deserves.
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Mapping the Void
Dr Kat Arney meets a new generation of virtual cartographers, making maps to save lives.
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