Map Man - Season 1
Season 1
Episodes
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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