mapmakers

Este podcast es un tributo a los dibujantes de mapas, un nuevo episodio grabado para todas esas personas que tienen el coraje de salir ahí fuera y enfrentarse a su destino para cambiarlo por uno incierto, impredecible, desconcertante, pero estremecedor, pleno y vibrante. Llevo dibujando mapas desde que tengo consciencia de ello, hace más de 15 años, ha sido de lo mejor que he hecho en mi vida, lo que me ha traído aquí y lo que me guiará... Aquí te explico por qué y cómo dibujar tu propio mapa...

Índice de contenidos

1. El mapa es la brújula.
2. El viaje implica viajar.
3. La oportunidad se crea a medida que caminas.
4. Las habilidades necesarias.
5. Soltar amarras.
6. No hay excepción.
7. Si necesitas instrucciones estás en problemas.
8. No estás equivocado, no puedes estarlo.
9. No tenemos remedio, estamos convencidos.
10. La mejor forma de dibujar tu propio mapa...

Recursos

• Libro Mapmakers.
• Plataforma Doers Mapmakers.

The National Archives holds one of the largest and most important accumulations of maps in the world. They document the United Kingdom's involvement in shaping boundaries and in resolving boundary disputes over many centuries, either as a colonial power, neutral observer or independent source of surveying expertise. Rose Mitchell looks at how the process has been documented, from letters and reports to treaties, drawing on maps and surveys which made lines across sand, snow, water, forests, plains and mountains around the globe.

Rose Mitchell is a map curator at The National Archives. She is co-author of Maps: their untold stories.

Drawn from seven centuries of maps of places around the globe held in The National Archives, Maps: their untold stories offers a fascinating and unusual journey through the world of maps.

Hear from the authors as they explain who made these maps, why they were made and what they tell us about the politics of the time. Mapmakers range from a native American and a Maori priest to Captain Cook and George Washington. Subject matter includes London before the Great Fire, a map of Czechoslovakia that Hitler gave to Neville Chamberlain, beautifully hand-drawn estate maps, battle plans from the First World War and earlier conflicts, and perhaps the earliest depiction of Santa Claus on a map. After the talk the authors will be signing copies of their book at our onsite bookshop.

Rose Mitchell and Andrew Janes are specialist map archivists at The National Archives and have many years of experience in advising the public on maps and related records. They have written and spoken about a broad range of map-related topics based on the rich holdings at The National Archives, from the use of maps in sixteenth century law courts to the Second World bomb census survey.