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First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four
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Professor Jerry Brotton uncovers how maps are snapshots of a moment in history and offer visions of distant lands, tempting explorers to plunder and conquer. Show more
58 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Jerry Brotton shows how maps can be tools of power and snapshots of history. Henry VIII's maps of the British coast helped him exert control over the world. Show more
59 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD
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Jerry Brotton shows how maps can reveal the fears and prejudices of their age, from medieval religious passion to Victorian obsession with poverty and disease. Show more
