Tales from the Map Room

Synopsis: Series on the history of maps, with actors recreating key moments from map-making history and cartographers explaining the importance of maps.
1: The history of London as seen through various of maps produced from 1745 onwards.
2: Sea charts, essential for avoiding hazards at sea. A re-creation shows Samuel Pepys in an imaginary interview for ‘Desert Island Discs’ and Captain Bligh claiming that Captain Hook took the credit for much of Bligh ‘s own work.
3: Route-finding and specialist road maps and atlases, which first appeared in the 19th century.
4: Maps in war: looks at World War 1 battle fields of Cambrai through maps made on during the battle.
5: How mapping land and setting frontiers have always been subject to controversy, with stories from Elizabethian England to the modern Middle East.
6: How maps can never tell the whole truth: secrecy, censorship, disinformation and half-truths are all part of map-making history.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 6 x 30 min.
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Sale; 1996 sale: £65.00 (+VAT +p&p) each 1996 sale: £250.00 (+VAT +p&p) series
Notes: Broadcast on BBC1 from 6 May 1993.
Subjects: History
Keywords: maps and mapping

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Synopsis: 1: The history of London as seen through various of maps produced from 1745 onwards.
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Title: On the road
Synopsis: 3: Route-finding and specialist road maps and atlases, which first appeared in the 19th century.
Title: Fog of war, The
Synopsis: 4: Maps in war: looks at World War 1 battle fields of Cambrai through maps made on during the battle.
Title: Plum pudding in danger
Synopsis: 5: How mapping land and setting frontiers have always been subject to controversy, with stories from Elizabethian England to the modern Middle East.
Title: Tissues of lies, A
Synopsis: 6: How maps can never tell the whole truth: secrecy, censorship, disinformation and half-truths are all part of map-making history.

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