31% Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
Network:BBC Four
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S01E03 - "Mapping the World"
Aired on May 2, 2010, 8:00 PM
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Map expert Professor Jerry Brotton uncovers how maps aren't simply about getting from A to B, but are revealing snapshots of defining moments in history and tools of political power and persuasion.
Episodes (1 Season · 3 Episodes)
E1
Windows on the World
Jerry Brotton shows how maps can be tools of power and snapshots of history. Henry VIII's maps of the British coast helped him exert control over the world.
Apr 18, 2010
60 min
E2
Spirit of the Age
Jerry Brotton shows how maps can reveal the fears and prejudices of their age, from medieval religious passion to Victorian obsession with poverty and disease.
Apr 25, 2010
60 min
E3
Mapping the World
Professor Jerry Brotton uncovers how maps are snapshots of a moment in history and offer visions of distant lands, tempting explorers to plunder and conquer.
May 2, 2010
60 min
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