The Impossible Map (1947)
is a badass video from 1947 that uses fruit, freaky animation and a sweet narrator to explain the problems with map making.
Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth. – National Film Board, Canada
Video Copyright Evelyn Lambart
