Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
...ok, ok at least the name of the mountain range is fake.... I just couldn't fit that all in. Enjoy.
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Welcome to this weeks offering. We take a look at how The Forgery from Charles Julius Betram fooled the world for 100 years. Taking in the greats such as William Stukeley the forgery was that good mapping features are still named after it today.
Credits:
Thumbnail Design: Rowan Whitewick
Credits: Music: Storyblocks
Sound Effects: Epidemicsound and Storyblocks
Voice of Betram and Stukeley: Matthew Evan Jones: mandy.com/uk/a/matthew-jones-26
ALL Lidar: EA Via Phil Barrett (Twitter: @Phil_M_Barrett )
Additional Footage: Storyblocks – artgrid.io
Additional Drone Footage:
Maps: OS Maps Crown Copyright 2023 - Media License.
Maps: Google Maps.
Maps: National Library of Scotland
William Roys Maps and drawings: National Library of Scotland
Maps: All other Maps credit below where applicable.
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront B-Roll
Other Filters: Storyblocks
Other Credits:
William Roy Plaque picture: Spudgun67
Royal Danish National academy picture: Heb
Stukeley Head portrait: I Wood
Gentlemens Magazine: Google.
Main Sources:
roadsofromanbritain.org/bertram.html
Book Purchased: William Stukeley: An account of Richard of Cirencester.
amazon.co.uk/Description-translated-Cirencester-Britanniae-commentary/dp/B002BKFAH0
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Description_of_Britain
hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/de_situ_brittaniae
...ok, ok at least the name of the mountain range is fake.... I just couldn't fit that all in. Enjoy.
If you would like access to behind the scenes weekly Videos with Rebecca and I, and other perks, you can support this channel here:
Join this channel to get access to perks: youtube.com/channel/UCJV1EC8Mf87PpQYo9eUfd3Q/join OR patreon.com/PaulandRebeccaWhitewick
Welcome to this weeks offering. We take a look at how The Forgery from Charles Julius Betram fooled the world for 100 years. Taking in the greats such as William Stukeley the forgery was that good mapping features are still named after it today.
Credits:
Thumbnail Design: Rowan Whitewick
Credits: Music: Storyblocks
Sound Effects: Epidemicsound and Storyblocks
Voice of Betram and Stukeley: Matthew Evan Jones: mandy.com/uk/a/matthew-jones-26
ALL Lidar: EA Via Phil Barrett (Twitter: @Phil_M_Barrett )
Additional Footage: Storyblocks – artgrid.io
Additional Drone Footage:
Maps: OS Maps Crown Copyright 2023 - Media License.
Maps: Google Maps.
Maps: National Library of Scotland
William Roys Maps and drawings: National Library of Scotland
Maps: All other Maps credit below where applicable.
Filter: Snowman Digital and Beachfront B-Roll
Other Filters: Storyblocks
Other Credits:
William Roy Plaque picture: Spudgun67
Royal Danish National academy picture: Heb
Stukeley Head portrait: I Wood
Gentlemens Magazine: Google.
Main Sources:
roadsofromanbritain.org/bertram.html
Book Purchased: William Stukeley: An account of Richard of Cirencester.
amazon.co.uk/Description-translated-Cirencester-Britanniae-commentary/dp/B002BKFAH0
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Description_of_Britain
hoaxes.org/archive/permalink/de_situ_brittaniae
