Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession

Windows on the World (1x1)

Udgivelsesdato: Apr 18, 2010

Professor Jerry Brotton explains the creation and importance of maps, discovering the latest technology that is improving the cartographer's art and revolutionising man's knowledge of the world. On a visit to the world's oldest map, etched into a hillside 3,000 years ago, he considers how different cultures have approached map-making over millennia, often as a tool for expansionism and political control