From the first British concentration camps to the only Nazi labour camp on British soil, and from a trench map used at the Battle of the Somme to an escape and

The twentieth century was a golden age of mapmaking, an era of cartographic boom. Maps proliferated and permeated almost every aspect of daily life, not only ch

Throughout its history, America has been defined through maps. Whether made for military strategy or urban reform, to encourage settlement or to investigate dis

"This book tells a global story of a turbulent century in history through its most powerful and important object: the map. It includes over 130 illustrations of

On the occasion of the British Library exhibition Maps and the 20th Century: Drawing the Line, 4 November 2016 - 1 March 2017.