We start our exploration in the Derby Local Studies and Family History Library with a set of intricate maps of all over the world and even the heavens, engraved and printed in the eighteenth century by one of the most celebrated cartographers of the age. But there’s a mystery: how did these maps find their way to Derby?

Recorded at Derby Local Studies and Family History Library featuring Paul Elliott (Professor of History, University of Derby) and Mark Young (Manager, Derby Local Studies and Family History Library).