Aired: Apr 18, 2010Exploring ancient maps etched into a 3,000-year-old alpine hillside, Brotton ...
Maps: Power, Plunder & Possession
Season 1 Episode 1: Windows on the World
Exploring ancient maps etched into a 3,000-year-old alpine hillside, Brotton discovers how cultures develop unique and surprising mapping methods. He examines how maps were used to exert control, from Henry VIII's bird's eye view of the British coastline to the French Cassini dynasty�...
