Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art at the British Library

LONDON.- Maps can be works of art, propaganda and indoctrination. Opening on 30 April 2010, “Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art” offers a rare chance to see an unrivalled collection of cartographic masterpieces on paper, wood, vellum, silver, silk and marble, including atlases, maps, globes and tapestries that were intended for display side-by-side with the world’s greatest paintings and sculptures. Drawn from the 4½ million maps held in the British Library’s cartographic collections – the greatest map collection in the [...]