Join author of The Mapmaker’s World Marjo Nurminen and Peter Barber of the British Library for an illustrated discussion on the fascinating history of discovery and cartography.
This will be an accessible talk looking at the cultural history of European world maps relating not only to ideology and political power but also the histories of art and science. An event for anyone interested in how of our perception of the world has changed over the last 1000 years, and in the history of discovery and cartography.