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Welcome to this weeks video. This week we take a look at some old maps of Britain! Specifically the coast line and a number of the failed attempts to map it.
Videos To Watch Next:
https://youtu.be/qls9_5qbjJ0 – How we misunderstood Glastonbury Tor
https://youtu.be/apLm2t08ZIU – How The London Underground went outside of London
Usual notices:
1. We are not historians. We enjoy researching and learning, and with that we enjoy sharing our journeys with you. That said, sources for information often listed below with credits.
2. Corrections. Whilst we make every attempt to not include any errors, research, and piecing stories together from dozens of sources sometimes leads to one or two. I will note here if any are found:
Errors
1. Pronunciations: Apologies… like a bunch. I mean… Waldseemuller! Wow.
2. Pytheas should probably be: Pytheas =/= Pie-ee-thus. I think we got this right. Once!?
Credit and thanks for assets
Long UK Maps: https://mapswire.com/maps/united-kingdom/
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront
B-Roll Maps: Google Maps and Google Earth Studio
Maps: National Library of Scotland Maps:
OS Maps. Media License.
Stock Footage: Storyblocks
Music: Storyblocks and epidemicsound
Old Map: NLS – https://www.nls.uk/
Drone Footage: Storyblocks paid license.
LIDAR: Environment agency
Sources
Eratosphenes.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eratosthenes
https://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/10400/10489/10489.htm
Mela:
https://myoldmaps.com/maps-from-antiquity-6200-bc/116-pomponius/116-pomponius-mela.pdf
Waldseemuller Map:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldseem%C3%BCller_map
Robert Morden:
https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Geography_rectified_or_a_description_of/uRZmAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1
Credit for images
Map with Alexandria and Syene depicted: Eric Gaba
All other images Public Domain.
Chapters:
00:00 – Intro
03:46 – Eratosthenes
05:31 – Pytheas
09:15 – The Mistake
12:02 – The 1000 year gap
16:18 – Making Money
18:50 – The Email
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I think your contact at Himiway needs to realise that special offers in US $ and discounts on a bike not available in the UK is meaningless to many of your viewers.
Only guessing that your viewership is mostly from the UK?
Thanks Paul (and Rebecca) now on ya bike.lol
I had it told to me in a documentary that it was treasonus to make accurate maps of Britain at one stage in case it enabled some foreign army the means with which to defeat the defenders.
Let's include Pytheas =/= Pie-ee-thus. You never heard of Damon and Pytheas? Pih-they-as. Dang, I have to go away.
The Cotton MS Tiberius map dated 1025-50 is notable because it seems to show two figures fighting in the Southwest of England, a possible reference to the conflict between the West Saxons and the Britons of the peninsula.
Take care, there have been a few fatal fires with charging lithium batteries on E bikes. Not sure how to do safety checks, but others may.
yet another fascinating video – keep up the good work!
Just one comment / query… as far as I know the Isle of Sheppey has always been Sheppey. Queenborough is a town on the island on the west side of the island in which was located for a while a royal castle (see the Time Team episode where they dug it up).
Looking forward to the next video 🙂
2:31 this channel would benefit from more sausage dog cameos! ❤❤❤
Great video, Paul! I've always been fascinated by maps.
Being Dutch I have a Gazelle ebike. After 20 years of hardly being able to cycle because of knee problems, I now have my freedom back. So I totally understand your enthusiasm for your new ebike. I hope it give you lots of pleasure, as mine is giving me.
Ah, I must go down to the sea again, to the lonely sea and the sky, and draw an outline of the shore, just like they did in days of yore. Great video. PS Nice bike, unfortunately not available in China. We have different ones.
Erm…Britian? @6.49
I am fiddling "Swinging on a Gate" on my Violin.
Hello from rocky coast of Maine, US November 18, 2024.
Really excellent video—in my view some of the best content on Youtube.
Iktis was the greek name for the isle of wight says Wikipedia
Just wondering where 6 days walk from tin mines in cornwall would get you to further east
15:00 what’s the large island east of Scotland?
The Bike makers may have missed an opportunity. The could have labelled it the Wimoweh ( Wimoway Bike) and used the Lions sleeps Tonight song for Advertising.
Why at 6:17 do you spell Britain as "Britian"?
1:39 britIAn? Oops
Cracking episode again Paul … you and Rebecca are wonderful hosts …. More please X ⚔️⚔️😎⭐️👏🍻
Regarding Eratosthenes, any flatty will tell you that if the sun is smaller and closer to earth, which they claim it is and can be shown using a sexton, then you will get the same results on a flat earth. If that is the case then it is wrong to say Eratosthenes calculations show the earth to be a globe. Also you can't use a globe for navigation by air and sea, which is a bit suspicious.
Thank you for another fascinating video, maps are so interesting. Are you cycling the Meon Valley trail in this one?
It seems the D3 can only be shipped to US addresses. Pointless sponsorship.
It’s actually quite nice seeing your landscape subject while going 10-20 mph, it complements your story surprisingly well. The gathering of tin in one place before export is a very revealing nugget of information. Are we seeing royal control of an entire industry, an export guild controlling trade, or only one market place where the Gauls can buy tin before transporting it themselves? How can we find out?
Interesting vid, my only niggle is your pronunciation of Pytheas, it's Pith-ee-as. noy Pie-ee-thus, you got the vowels mixed up a bit.
history, mapping and flat earth debunking in the same video! chapeau Paul, chapeau
have you stopoped doing train videos?
i feel you are Shads english doppolganga and love your video's.
Felt more like a commercial than a vid by Paul.. gonna unsubscribe..BYE !
A very interesting video to watch whilst having lunch today.
I seem to recall reading somewhere that, despite all our scientific knowledge, there are more people that believe (or at least say they believe) the earth is flat today than at any other time in history. Bizarre!
Did the Romans lie about the Britons' violence, or had a lot changed in 400 years? This was a trait which could change in single centuries later on; the 12th century was a very religious time, the 13th century very violent. The latter half of the 20th century also saw a big rise in violence. I'm not saying it was one or the other, but I think it could be either.
Excellent video.😀👍
don't forget the Tabula Peutingeriana got an update from konrad Miller in 1888, might want to extend your long map😂
It appears that Theory of the steppe Nomads or KHUMRI coming from Russia as some have thought has been busted ,Theres evidence that they came from the so called lost ten tribes ,one source is the obelisk with the Name Omri king of the KHUMRI the name KHUMRI was given by the Assyrians if memory serves me correctly there's a stone on top of a mountain near near ynysybwl which points directly at a mountain ,this stone has been fashioned in the shape of a lion ,the lion of course is the sign of Israel ,there is much to think about when it comes to o the evidence presented on the ground .
A Himaway, a himaway, a himaway, a himaway…….the lion sleeps tonight 😊
Nice to see you down my way on the Waterside.