These floodplain maps of the Mississippi river date back to 1944, created by a cartographer named Harold Fisk. The maps were commissioned to record and track the past and present (at the time) flow of the river, hand coloured and layered on top of each other. Looking at the layered information, these maps have inspired me to think about creating my own map, with the journeys of others pinpointed across it. I could use photoshop to layer the information I gather, or take a leaf out of Fisk's book and layer it all by hand.
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