Type: documentary
Production country/region: UK
Language: English
First broadcast: 2010
Number of episodes: 4
Also known as BBC Beautiful Map
The BBC Beautiful Map series will show the audience the visual charm and historical significance of maps. The British Library has more than 4.5 million volumes of various maps, most of which are kept in the huge basement of the library. This program will lead the audience to explore the secrets behind this amazing treasure. (Text: life_is_good@YDY )
The British Library has 4.5 million maps, most of which are hidden in its huge basement. The program explores the secrets behind some magical treasures.
1: Medieval Maps Mapping the Medieval Mind
Medieval Maps - Drawing Medieval Ideas
2: City Maps Order Out of Chaos
City Map - Chaos Dispels
3.Atlas. Maps.Thinking.Big
Atlas Map - Ambitious
4.Cartoon. Maps.Politics.and.Satire
Cartoon Map - Politics and Satire
This documentary has four episodes, which respectively tell the earliest map, the map of London, and so on. In terms of shooting skills and techniques, it is nothing new, popular science type, and BBC style. Mappa Mundi, the oldest and largest map preserved at present, seems to have appeared in many textbooks, because it depicts the imagination of outside and others in that era, such as aborigines with only one leg, one eyed monsters, unicorns, etc.