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Archive for March 2021

Marie Tharp: Pioneering Mapmaker of the Ocean Floor

By Dina Pandya | March 11, 2021

Marie Tharp

Marie Tharp was a pioneering American geologist and oceanographic cartographer who helped create the first scientific map of the Atlantic Ocean floor.

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