Nicholas Crane maps the maps, talks the talk, and walks the walks of cartographic history. Armed with a combination of ancient drawings, modern carto-technology, and of course his trusty umbrella walking stick, Nick uses the tools of his trade to discover how mapmakers have charted mountains, shrunk oceans to measurable drops and reduced sprawling cities to navigable diagrams. Covering the whole of Britain by foot, horseback, four-wheel drive, bicycle, tube train, motorbike, canal-boat and sail…
Nicholas Crane maps the maps, talks the talk, and walks the walks of cartographic history. Armed with a combination of ancient drawings, modern carto-technology, and of course his trusty umbrella walking stick, Nick uses the tools of his trade to discover how mapmakers have charted mountains, shrunk oceans to measurable drops and reduced sprawling cities to navigable diagrams. Covering the whole of Britain by foot, horseback, four-wheel drive, bicycle, tube train, motorbike, canal-boat and sail…
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Seasons (2)
Season 1
16 Sep 2004 – 4 Nov 2004 · 8 episodes
1William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1747-53)16 Sep 2004
2John Ogilby's Britannia (1675)23 Sep 2004
3Harry Beck's London Underground Map (1933)30 Sep 2004
4The Gough Map (1360s)7 Oct 2004
5Greenville Collins' Coasting Pilot (1693)14 Oct 2004
6William Smith's Geological Map of England & Wales (1815)21 Oct 2004
7Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England & Wales (1577)28 Oct 2004
8Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)4 Nov 2004
Season 2
5 Sep 2005 – 24 Oct 2005 · 8 episodes
1Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)5 Sep 2005
2Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (1583)12 Sep 2005
3MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)19 Sep 2005
4John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611-12)26 Sep 2005
5John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)3 Oct 2005
6William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition (1809)10 Oct 2005
7Mrs P's A-Z (1936)17 Oct 2005
8Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)24 Oct 2005