Atlas Maps - Thinking Big
Documentary series. A look at some of the largest and most elaborate maps ever produced, including the largest atlas in the world, The Klencke Atlas.
Documentary series charting the visual appeal and historical meaning of maps.
The Dutch Golden Age saw map-making reach a fever pitch of creative and commercial ambition. This was the era of the first ever atlases - elaborate, lavish and beautiful. This was the great age of discovery and marked an unprecedented opportunity for mapmakers, who sought to record and categorise the newly acquired knowledge of the world. Rising above the many mapmakers in this period was Gerard Mercator, inventor of the Mercator projection, who changed mapmaking forever when he published his collection of world maps in 1598 and coined the term 'atlas'.
The programme looks at some of the largest and most elaborate maps ever produced, from the vast maps on the floor of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, to the 24-volume atlas covering just the Netherlands, to the largest atlas in the world, The Klencke Atlas. It was made for Charles II to mark his restoration in 1660. But whilst being one of the British Library's most important items, it is also one of its most fragile, so hardly ever opened. This is a unique opportunity to see inside this enormous and lavish work, and see the world through the eyes of a king.
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Klencke Atlas 1660
Duration: 03:08
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The Golden Age of the Atlas
Duration: 04:02
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Camille Saint鈥怱a毛ns
Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Director | Steven Clarke |
Producer | Steven Clarke |
Executive Producer | Harry Bell |
Broadcasts
- Wed 21 Apr 2010 20:30
- Wed 21 Apr 2010 23:00麻豆社 HD
- Wed 21 Apr 2010 23:25
- Thu 29 Apr 2010 19:00麻豆社 HD
- Sun 2 May 2010 19:00
- Fri 18 Jun 2010 19:00麻豆社 Two except Scotland
- Fri 18 Jun 2010 19:30麻豆社 Two Scotland
- Sun 18 Jul 2010 19:30麻豆社 HD
- Sun 17 Oct 2010 19:30
- Thu 21 Oct 2010 20:00麻豆社 HD
- Fri 22 Oct 2010 00:00麻豆社 HD
- Tue 25 Jan 2011 19:30
- Wed 26 Jan 2011 01:00
- Mon 23 May 2011 22:00麻豆社 HD
- Wed 25 May 2011 00:30麻豆社 HD
- Wed 6 Jul 2011 19:30
- Sun 7 Aug 2011 23:35麻豆社 HD
- Mon 8 Aug 2011 22:30麻豆社 HD
- Wed 22 Apr 2020 19:30
- Fri 4 Sep 2020 02:00
- Tue 19 Oct 2021 00:30
- Mon 11 Apr 2022 00:15