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Map Man is a BBC documentary series first broadcast on BBC Two in 2004 and repeated in 2013. Each episode recounts a particular tale in the history of British cartography , with a particular emphasis on the individuals whose dedication and ingenuity led to the production of some of history's most ground-breaking maps.
The Gough Map or Bodleian Map [1] is a Late Medieval map of the island of Great Britain. Its precise dates of production and authorship are unknown. It is named after Richard Gough, who bequeathed the map to the Bodleian Library in Oxford 1809. He acquired the map from the estate of the antiquarian Thomas "Honest Tom" Martin in 1774. [2]
1300. 1 June – Thomas of Brotherton, 1st Earl of Norfolk, son of Edward I of England (died 1338) Laurence Minot, poet (died 1352) 1301. 5 August – Edmund of Woodstock, 1st Earl of Kent, politician (died 1330) 24 September – Ralph Stafford, 1st Earl of Stafford, soldier (died 1372) William Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, nobleman (died ...
Britannia is the title of each of three atlases created in England the late 16th and mid 18th centuries, describing some or all of the British Isles. These are the books published by William Camden (in 1586, reprinted 1693) and Richard Blome (in 1673) and John Ogilby (in 1675).
England prints its own banknotes which are also circulated in Wales. The economy of England is the largest part of the United Kingdom's economy. Regional differences: A map of England divided by the average GVA per capita in 2007 showing the distribution of wealth. The strength of the English economy varies from region to region.
The Hereford World Map: Medieval World Maps and their Context. British Library. Kline, Naomi Reed (2003) [2001]. Maps of Medieval Thought: The Hereford Paradigm (paperback ed.). Boydell. ISBN 0851159370. OL 22373026M. Kupfer, Marcia (2016). Art and Optics in the Hereford Map: An English Mappa Mundi, c. 1300. Yale University Press. ISBN 978 ...
The zonal maps should be viewed as a kind of teaching aid – easily reproduced and designed to reinforce the idea of the Earth's sphericity and climate zones. T-O maps were designed to schematically illustrate the three land masses of the world as it was known to the Romans and their medieval European heirs.
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