BBC – The Beauty of Maps (2010)
English | Size: 2.33 GB
Category: Documentary
Documentary series looking at maps in incredible detail to highlight their artistic attributions and reveal the stories that they tell.
Ch1. Medieval Maps: Mapping the Medieval Mind
The Hereford Mappa Mundi is the largest intact Medieval wall map in the world and its ambition is breathtaking – to picture all of human knowledge in a single image. The work of a team of artists, the world it portrays is overflowing with life, featuring Classical and Biblical history, contemporary buildings and events, animals and plants from across the globe, and the infamous ‘monstrous races’ which were believed to inhabit the remotest corners of the Earth.