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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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Travel Tuesday this week takes us across the Channel to France. • This bright promotional poster was issued to advertise French State Railways for visitors to the Paris Exposition which ran from May to November in 1937🗼 • The poster is in English and the upper left corner bears the outline of the Statue of Liberty with the travel routes sourced from her torch, suggesting the poster was aimed at the American public 🗽(The Statue of Liberty was a gift to America from the French in 1886 to represent their mutual desire for liberty and freedom, and parts of her had previously been exhibited at earlier world fairs). • This would be the last "Exposition Internationale" before the devastation of the Second World War. As international tensions mounted, it is said that across the exhibition there were celebrations of opposing views between the arts and sciences, between socialism and capitalism, and between democracy and fascism. The theme of the Exposition was arts and technology and in the final official report it is said that French Minister Ferdinand Chapsal wrote "This great lesson in international cooperation will not be forgotten". • #travelposter #vintage #history #maps #vintageposter #france #america #toureiffel #tourist #attraction #vintagedecor #🇫🇷 #eiffeltower #statueofliberty #🇺🇸

Monday afternoon at The Map House 🌍📚 • The gallery is open 10am - 6pm Monday to Friday and 10:30am - 5pm on Saturdays. Come and explore our galleries and our collection of over 11,000 original antique maps 🔍 • #raremaps #antiqueprints #globes #gallery #london #gift #winter #antiquedecor #maps #interiorstyling #mapping #prints #history #MondayMotivation

Charming illustrated ward plan of the area around St. Paul's Cathedral published 1773 by John Noorthouck. This map is based upon the seminal survey of London first performed by John Stow in 1598, and first illustrated by John Strype in 1720. • #antiquemaps #maps #map #stpauls #mapping #survey #london #charterhouse #stbarts #thames #travel #mappinglondon #gift #londonmaps

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