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John Speed's Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (1611-12)

Nicholas Crane follows the routes recorded by 17th-century cartographer John Speed. The maps are unusual in that they don't list any roads, recording instead county boundaries. The presenter uses these documents to find his way along the England-Scotland border, before heading to Berwick, a town which Speed measured exactly in 5ft paces.

English
  • Originally Aired September 26, 2005
  • Runtime 30 minutes
  • Network BBC Two
  • Created December 18, 2014 by
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