Magnificent Maps: Power, Propaganda and Art at the British Library:
"Maps can be works of art, propaganda pieces, expressions of local pride, tools of indoctrination… Magnificent Maps brings together 80 of the largest, most impressive and beautiful maps ever made, from 200 AD to the present day."
The exhibition includes the following maps, featured on British Library's website:
Psalter World Map c.1265
Fra Mauro World Map c. 1450
Guttierez, the Americas, 1562
Stephen Walter, The Island, 2008 - an idiosyncratic map of London that satirises the London-centric view of the city and its commuter towns as being separate to the rest of the country.
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