Historian Philip Parker talks to TRE’s Hannah Murray

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Philip Parker is a historian specialising in the classical and medieval world. He is the author of various books about maps and the history of maps. In his latest book ‘History of World Trade in Maps’ her tells the extraordinary story of the merchants, adventurers, middle-men and monarchs who bought, sold, explored and fought in search of profit and power.