Friday 17 October 2014

TNA podcast - Maps: Their Untold Stories

The latest podcast from the National Archives in England is entitled Maps: Their Untold Stories, a one hour lecture from Rose Mitchell and Andrew James, specialist map archivists at the archive. Here's the blurb:

Drawn from seven centuries of maps of places around the globe held in The National Archives, Maps: their untold stories offers a fascinating and unusual journey through the world of maps.

Hear from the authors as they explain who made these maps, why they were made and what they tell us about the politics of the time. Mapmakers range from a native American and a Maori priest to Captain Cook and George Washington. Subject matter includes London before the Great Fire, a map of Czechoslovakia that Hitler gave to Neville Chamberlain, beautifully hand-drawn estate maps, battle plans from the First World War and earlier conflicts, and perhaps the earliest depiction of Santa Claus on a map.

To hear the podcast visit http://media.nationalarchives.gov.uk/index.php/maps-untold-stories/ or download from iTunes for free.

Chris

Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks

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