Map exhibition at the British Library
Went to the British Library today for their Magnificent Maps exhibition. It is an exhibition of
european maps from the Roman period onwards. Has a digitally enhanced copy of the Mappa Mundi, and modern pyscho-geography maps by Grayson Perry and Stephen Walter - following this link for the laterDrawings.
Well worth visiting but was disappointed that their was not more explanation - the short captions and the maps themselves were crying out for explanation. They had a few digital tables with a cute magnifying glass mouse system which looked good but really did not do the job - it gave far too small a detail and obscured by shadow of the magnifying glass itself.
Exhibition was organised thematically, although the earliest (Roman) were at the beginning and the latest (the modern) at the end.
european maps from the Roman period onwards. Has a digitally enhanced copy of the Mappa Mundi, and modern pyscho-geography maps by Grayson Perry and Stephen Walter - following this link for the laterDrawings.
Well worth visiting but was disappointed that their was not more explanation - the short captions and the maps themselves were crying out for explanation. They had a few digital tables with a cute magnifying glass mouse system which looked good but really did not do the job - it gave far too small a detail and obscured by shadow of the magnifying glass itself.
Exhibition was organised thematically, although the earliest (Roman) were at the beginning and the latest (the modern) at the end.
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