From their first appearance on Renaissance maps, linear tracks representing maritime voyages have shaped the way we see the world. But why do we depict journeys as lines, and what is their deeper meaning? Historian Sara Caputo charts a hidden history of the modern world through the tracks left on maps and the sea by explorers and sea voyagers through the ages. With an illustrated talk, Sara takes us from ancient Greek itineraries to twenty-first-century digital mapping, via the voyages of Drake and Cook, the decks of Napoleonic warships and the boiler rooms of ocean liners, revealing how marks on maps have changed the course of modernity.
Illustrated Talk
Tickets £10.50/£8.50
“Full of extraordinary detail … Caputo does a fine job in conveying the pioneering, fearless spirit of those early journeys, made into the unknown.” – Geographical
“A triumph … an act of impressive scholarship.” – BBC History Magazine
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