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In 1944, a cartographer named Dr. Harold Fisk released one of the most detailed maps on the Mississippi river ever made, including its entire known history.
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Music used:
"Shades of Spring" and "Whiskey on the Mississippi" by Kevin MacLeod
found at incompetech.com
Sources:
- “Ancient Courses of the Mississippi River Map.” Forgotten Lands, Places & Transit, December 26, 2022. frrandp.com/2022/12/ancient-courses-of-mississippi-river-map.html.
- “Meander Maps of the Mississippi River.” Orion: Nation and Culture, July 16, 2024. orionmagazine.org/article/harold-fisk-mississippi-river-maps/.
- Morris, Christopher. (2015). "Reckoning with ‘The Crookedest River in the World’: The Maps of Harold Norman Fisk," Southern Quarterly Special Issue on the Mississippi River as Twentieth-Century Southern Icon 52 (Spring 2015): 30-44.. Southern Quarterly. 52. 30-44.
- Rankin, Bill. “The Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi.” Radical Cartography, n.d. radicalcartography.net/index.html?fisk.
In 1944, a cartographer named Dr. Harold Fisk released one of the most detailed maps on the Mississippi river ever made, including its entire known history.
Video sponsored by HungryMinds! youtube.com/@HungryMindsArt
Get the Puzzle here: bit.ly/4hNqyiV (Promo-code: EMPERORPUZZLE10)
Or also get The Book here: bit.ly/3FyJ5lJ (Promo-code: TIGERSTAR10)
#thebook, #hungrymindsbooks, #howtorebuildcivilization #hungryminds
➤ Support this channel with my Patreon!: patreon.com/emperortigerstar
Music used:
"Shades of Spring" and "Whiskey on the Mississippi" by Kevin MacLeod
found at incompetech.com
Sources:
- “Ancient Courses of the Mississippi River Map.” Forgotten Lands, Places & Transit, December 26, 2022. frrandp.com/2022/12/ancient-courses-of-mississippi-river-map.html.
- “Meander Maps of the Mississippi River.” Orion: Nation and Culture, July 16, 2024. orionmagazine.org/article/harold-fisk-mississippi-river-maps/.
- Morris, Christopher. (2015). "Reckoning with ‘The Crookedest River in the World’: The Maps of Harold Norman Fisk," Southern Quarterly Special Issue on the Mississippi River as Twentieth-Century Southern Icon 52 (Spring 2015): 30-44.. Southern Quarterly. 52. 30-44.
- Rankin, Bill. “The Alluvial Valley of the Lower Mississippi.” Radical Cartography, n.d. radicalcartography.net/index.html?fisk.
