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This item is only available for Canadian orders.
Catalogue Number: A173-039
Producer: Grand Angle Productions
Producers: Pérès, Guillaume
Directors: Desenne, Patrice
Producing Agencies: France Télévisions and Grand Angle Productions
Subject: Archaeology, Canadian World Studies, Documentary, History, Science, Social Sciences, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: France
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 51:57
Albi's Mappa Mundi - The World of Yesterday
This item is only available for Canadian orders.Catalogue Number: A173-039
Producer: Grand Angle Productions
Producers: Pérès, Guillaume
Directors: Desenne, Patrice
Producing Agencies: France Télévisions and Grand Angle Productions
Subject: Archaeology, Canadian World Studies, Documentary, History, Science, Social Sciences, World History
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: France
Copyright Year: 2017
Running Time: 51:57
In an ancient town in the southwest of France lies a “treasure”: Albi’s Mappa Mundi. Dating from the 8th century and included in a manuscript, this map is the oldest known representation of the world as a whole. How was it made? Why is its shape so particular? What exactly does it describe? What was its purpose? To answer these questions, historians, paleographers and scientists conduct a minute investigation and, step by step, the Mappa Mundi reveals its secrets.
Also available in French: La Mappa Mundi d’Albi - le monde d'hier