The Impossible Map

The Impossible Map

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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.

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The Impossible Map, Evelyn Lambart, provided by the National Film Board of Canada

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  • director
    Evelyn Lambart
  • animation
    Evelyn Lambart
  • narrator
    Bill Bolt

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    Reminds me of school movies. Thanks.

    None, 26 Jul 2021

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