Maps: Power, Plunder and Possession

Maps – Power, Plunder And Possession – Spirit of the Age – 19th Century London This clip tells the relationship between the disease spreading and mapmaking in London. This was aired Wed 2 March 2011. Map became the tool to understand the poverty as well as disease.

* The last census for England and wales was on 27 March 2011 and involved around 25 million household. *

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