The 20th century in maps

A history of the 20th century in 100 maps

- in pictures

From the opium trade routes of the 1900s to CND’s operations in the 1980s, maps reveal the political leylines of history – except when it comes to the holiday islands of San Serriffe, as a new British Library book reveals

Shackleton’s sketch of Antarctica

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