Garden of Eden Map The British Library *Maps 700(2).

opens 27 July 2001
closes 7 April 2002

Can you rely on a map to tell you where you are? What we see on a map is rarely the same as the land under our feet.

Jeffery's Map Screen The British Library

Mercator map of the Arctic, inc. Frisland The British Library Maps C.3.c.8

Some maps deliberately set out to deceive. Many show a selective view and reflect only the interests of the people who made them. Stunning maps from ancient to modern reveal a secret world. In every case there is more than meets the eye.

As well as over 100 maps and other exhibits from the British Library's superlative collections, there are interactive screens and events to help you explore the themes further.

Highlights include:

	World War II escape maps, made under the nose of the enemy
	Paradise found! The Garden of Eden and the Tower of Babel discovered in the Middle East
	A huge China dwarfs a tiny America in 1644 - the shape of things to come?
	Roman Britain mapped out - a forgery that fooled academics for over a hundred years

Fictitious Southern Continent The British Library Egerton MS 1513 No.36

Come to the exhibition and you'll never look at maps in the same way again. You'll find that maps you thought only recorded geographical features have their 'hidden agenda'...