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Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession
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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.
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- S01E01Windows on the WorldApril 18, 2010—Visiting the world's first known map, etched into the rocks of a remote alpine hillside 3,000 years ago, Brotton explores how each culture d
- S01E02Spirit of the AgeApril 25, 2010—Religious passion inspires beautiful medieval maps of the world, showing the way to heaven, the pilgrims' route to Jerusalem and monstrous c
- S01E03Mapping the WorldMay 2, 2010—Maps offer visions of distant lands, tempting explorers to plunder and conquer. However, adventurers first had to tackle the great challenge
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