First Aired: April 19th, 2010
Status: Ended
Genre: Documentary
Network: BBC Four
Summary: Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.
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Season 1
Episode 3: Atlas Maps - Thinking Big
Air Date: April 21st, 2010
Summary: 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.
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