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“The Fall of the Roman Empire” – BBC Wales / S4C

January 11, 2018by themaphouse

We opened our galleries to the film crew of Juniper Television for S4C / BBC Wales where they shot an episode for the T. V. documentary series “How Empires Fall”. […]

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Just the ticket for #London #map fans - artist and cartographer Vicky Steane's "London Travel Card Map". 🎫 It took her over 4 years to create using over 5000 London travel cards. All the tickets were individually collected over ten years. 🗺 The map not only visually striking but completely to scale and based on the #classic "A to Z" fold out map of London. 🎫 The original map is at The Map House taking pride of place in our #gallery window for a short time only! 🗺 #mapa #mappa #kaarte #carte #design #tickettoride #londonmap #maps #raremaps #art #justtheticket #geography #exploring #travel #wanderlust #explore #citymaps #transitmaps #cartography #londongallery #vickysteane

Featured Friday: On this day in 1492, Christopher Columbus's #expedition made landfall in the Bahamas. 🌎 The Italian #explorer wrongly celebrated a new passage to the eastern coast of Asia, not the #European discovery of #America. 🌎 This exquisite piece was designed by Johannes Stradanus, engraved by Adriaen Collaert and published in Florence circa 1600. It is a tribute to Christopher Columbus praising his 1492 endeavour to the New World. 🌎 From the publication, ‘Americae Retectio’, this #map is one of three celebrating the European #discovery of America. The additional two plates depict Vespucci and Magellan aboard their respective ships. 🌎 Though arguably a pictorial scene, a map of three islands and a coastline can be made out across the horizon. We would imagine these to be #Cuba, #Jamaica and #Hispaniola in front of the #American mainland. 🌎 Find out more and zoom into the details of this map by reading our Map of the Month feature on our blog (link in bio)

Caricature #map of #Iceland in the shape of a #Viking longship, a reference to the voyages of #discovery of Norse explorer Leif Erikson and his father, Erik Thorvaldsson (Erik the Red). 🗺🛶 Published in 1912 and originally #drawn by Lilian Tennant (née Lancaster) to #illustrate E.L. Hoskyn's "Stories of Old", which contained #historical and #mythological tales, as well as #nursery rhymes. 📚 Just one of our October acquisitions. To see other new additions to the #collection visit themaphouse.com and click "Recent Acquisitions" 🌍🌏🌎 #FolkloreThursday #mapa #maps #folklore #scandi #illustration #design #cartography #geography #pictorialmap #antiquemaps #explore #wanderlust

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