Adventures in Maps - Debbie Hall

Debbie Hall is Senior Library Assistant in the Bodleian Map Room; she has previously worked in the map collections of the British Library and the Royal Geographical Society.

Maps and journeys intersect in many ways, and Debbie Hall’s recent book Adventures in Maps tells the stories of twenty journeys, routes and adventures, illustrated by maps. Some maps describe the route that a traveller followed, some are the results of exploration, and others were made to show future travellers the way to go. This talk will cover a sample of these, which range from journeys of a few miles to great adventures across land, sea, air and space.