Maps not only serve as visualizations of space but also of context and culture.

In this video learn why limited information, laziness, literary fantasy, and lopsided incentives lead to misrepresentations in maps (even in the age of satellite imagery!).

Know that you’ll find guaranteed chuckles with every Map Men video.

I particularly enjoyed learning about how a novel about the New World led to (Baja) California being shown as a massive island in so many older maps.