BBC The Beauty of Maps - Atlas Maps Thinking Big 1x3 [HDTV - MVGROUP]

BBC The Beauty of Maps 3of4 HDTV x264 AC3 MVGroup Documentary series charting the visual appeal and historical meaning of maps. The British Library is home to a staggering 4.5 million maps, most of which remain hidden away in its colossal basement, and the programme delves behind the scenes to explore some amazing treasures in more detail. Part 3: Atlas Maps Thinking Big 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. Rising above the many mapmakers in this period was Gerard Mercator, inventor of the Mercator projection, who changed mapmaking forever when he published his collection of world maps in 1598 and coined the term 'Atlas'. The programme 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. It was made for Charles II to mark his restoration in 1660. But whilst being one of the British Libraries most important items, it is also one of its most fragile so hardly ever opened. This is a unique opportunity to see inside this enormous and lavish work, and see the world through the eyes of a King. Tech Spec for Hi-Def Video Codec: x264 CABAC Video Bitrate: 5200 KB/s Video Aspect Ratio: 1:777 Video Resolution: 1440 x 810 Audio Codec: AC3 Audio Bitrate: 192 Kb/s 48000Hz Audio Channels: 2 Run-Time: 29mins Framerate: 25FPS Number of Parts: 4 Part Size: 1.09 GB Subtitles: merged (SRT also available at mvgroup) Source: DVB-S All the episodes fit onto a standard 4.5GB DVD The PDTV Xvid is also available at forums[dot]mvgroup[dot]org Release schedule for 810p Part 1 http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5512611 Part 2 http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5512615 Part 3 This is it. Part 4 http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/5522223

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