The Oldest Maps with Jerry Brotton
- TV Short
- 2017
- 21m
It's hard to visualise the Silk Roads unless you have a map, and when it comes to maps, there's one go-to man: Jerry. And in the Bodlean too, where there are one and a quarter million maps. ... Read allIt's hard to visualise the Silk Roads unless you have a map, and when it comes to maps, there's one go-to man: Jerry. And in the Bodlean too, where there are one and a quarter million maps. Here he shows Dan just two - both support Peter Frankopan's assertion that big ideas start... Read allIt's hard to visualise the Silk Roads unless you have a map, and when it comes to maps, there's one go-to man: Jerry. And in the Bodlean too, where there are one and a quarter million maps. Here he shows Dan just two - both support Peter Frankopan's assertion that big ideas started in the East. But the real star here is a fellow called Ptolemy, watch to find out why.