🗺 Marie Tharp was an American oceanographic cartographer who created the first scientific map of the ocean floor, in partnership with Bruce Heezen. Her work contributed significantly to the theory of continental drift as it showed the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Their collaboration with Austrian painter Heinrich Berann, led to the publication of their map in 1977. Their dedication to the task, unorthodox ways, and an overzealous University Director, lead to them completing the project at home: “the off-campus mapping project eventually took over every room in Tharp’s house. The upstairs master bedroom held a flatbed table, larger than a king-size bed; the Indian Ocean took shape during one phase, the Pacific in another". True dedication to the cause! (Via The Future Mapping Company)