The Beauty of Maps, Atlas Maps - Thinking Big / BBC Worldwide Learning.

The Dutch Golden Age saw map-making reach a fever pitch of creative and commercial ambition. This was the era of the first ever Atlases - elaborate, lavish and beautiful. This was the great age of discovery and marked an unprecedented opportunity for mapmakers who sought to record and categorise the...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Films on Demand.
Beauty of Maps.
Corporate Authors: Infobase (Film distributor)
BBC Worldwide Learning (Firm)
Language:English
Language of the Original:
English
Language and/or Writing System:
Closed-captioned.
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : BBC Worldwide Learning, [2010]
Series:Films on Demand.
Beauty of Maps.
Subjects:
Internet videos.
Genre:
Internet videos.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (Films On Demand @ Infobase)
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (28 min., 51 sec)) : sound.
Format: Electronic Video
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Summary:
The Dutch Golden Age saw map-making reach a fever pitch of creative and commercial ambition. This was the era of the first ever Atlases - elaborate, lavish and beautiful. This was the great age of discovery and marked an unprecedented opportunity for mapmakers who sought to record and categorise the newly acquired knowledge of the world. The program looks at some of the largest and most elaborate maps ever produced, from the vast maps on the floor of the Royal Palace in Amsterdam, to the 24 volume atlas covering just the Netherlands, to the largest Atlas in the world, The Klencke Atlas.
Note:Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2010.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on November 21, 2019.
Interest Grade Level:
9 - 12, Academic/AP
System Details:Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Source of Description:
Title from distributor's description