Map Man

(09/16/2004–10/24/2005)

NatureTravelHistory

BBC Two (GB)30 min

Modern explorer Nicholas Crane travels across eight maps that changed the face of Britain in a series of geographical challenges through some of today's wildest landscapes.

Source: unknown Map Man

Episodes

Season 1

S01E01

William Roy's Military Survey of Scotland (1747-53)

September 16, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E02

John Ogilby's Britannia (1675)

September 23, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E03

Harry Beck's London Underground Map (1933)

September 30, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E04

The Gough Map (1360s)

October 07, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E05

Greenville Collins' Coasting Pilot (1693)

October 14, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E06

William Smith's Geological Map of England & Wales (1815)

October 21, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E07

Christopher Saxton's Atlas of England & Wales (1577)

October 28, 2004 at 11:00 AM

S01E08

Martin Hotine's Ordnance Survey (1935-1950)

November 04, 2004 at 12:00 PM

Season 2

S02E01

Bartholomew's Cycling Map of England and Wales (1896-1903)

September 05, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E02

Timothy Pont's Maps of Scotland (1583)

September 12, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E03

MacKenzie's Chart of the Orkney Islands (1748)

September 19, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E04

John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611-12)

September 26, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E05

John Cary's Inland Navigation (1796)

October 03, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E06

William Mudge's Ordnance Survey, 1st Edition (1809)

October 10, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E07

Mrs P's A-Z (1936)

October 17, 2005 at 11:00 AM

S02E08

Thomas Raven's Clandeboye Estate Maps (1625)

October 24, 2005 at 11:00 AM