Map Man - Season 1

Map Man - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes8
DatesSep 16, 2004 - Nov 4, 2004
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Episodes

William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1747-53)
Season 1Episode 130 min

William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1747-53)

Nicholas Crane travels across wild Highland landscapes using William Roy's pioneering military map of 18th-century Scotland.

Sep 16, 2004
John Ogilby's Britannia (1675)
Season 1Episode 230 min

John Ogilby's Britannia (1675)

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. He uses a 1675 road map to traverse the trans-Pennine pass from York to Lancaster.

Sep 23, 2004
Harry Beck's London Underground Map (1933)
Season 1Episode 330 min

Harry Beck's London Underground Map (1933)

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. Inspired by a circuit board diagram, Harry Beck designed the now iconic London Underground Map.

Sep 30, 2004
The Gough Map (1360s)
Season 1Episode 430 min

The Gough Map (1360s)

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. Created in the time of Geoffrey Chaucer, the Gough Map is a real mystery.

Oct 7, 2004
Greenville Collins' Coasting Pilot (1693)
Season 1Episode 530 min

Greenville Collins' Coasting Pilot (1693)

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain. He uses Greenville Collins's coasting pilot of 1693 to navigate the Cornish coastline.

Oct 14, 2004
William Smith's Geological Map of England & Wales (1815)
Season 1Episode 630 min

William Smith's Geological Map of England & Wales (1815)

Nicholas Crane examines maps that changed the face of Britain. William Smith's 1815 Geological Map of England and Wales.

Oct 21, 2004
Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England & Wales (1577)
Season 1Episode 730 min

Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England & Wales (1577)

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed Britain. Saxton's 1577 map of Norfolk helps him through some wild waterland.

Oct 28, 2004
Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)
Season 1Episode 830 min

Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)

Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed Britain. A modern OS map helps him through some wild Highland territory.

Nov 4, 2004

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