Google Doodle Celebrates Marie Tharp On This Day: Find Out Why

On this day Google dedicated a doodle to Marie Tharp, the American geologist and oceanographic cartographer, who enabled the discoveries and proved the theories of continental drift.

On this day Google dedicated a doodle to Marie Tharp, the American geologist and oceanographic cartographer, who enabled the discoveries and proved the theories of continental drift. As per google oceanographic cartographer Marie co-published the first world map of the ocean floors.

The interactive animation of Marie's journey really relays the effort and struggle of her scientific contributions to the discoveries of the mysterious ocean floor.

In 1998, brilliant Marie was titled, one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century on this day.

The watercolor art styled slides of the Google doodle read a quote by Marie at the end, it said:

"I had a blank canvas to fill with extraordinary possibilities, a fascinating jigsaw puzzle to piece together. It was a once-in-a-lifetime - a once-in-the-history-of-the-world-opportunity for anyone, but especially for a woman in the 1940s,"

Why is Marie Tharp being celebrated?

– Marie Tharp was an American geologist and oceanographic cartographer who created the most groundbreaking ocean maps that proceeded to shift the perceptions of the world.

– In 1998, Tharp was titled as one of the greatest cartographers of the 20th century on November 21 for her phenomenal work.

– Tharp's career began in the early 1950s when much of the under ocean land was cryptic to discover. Before the discovery of underwater cameras, Tharp figured out the rifted geography of the Atlantic ocean floor and was credited with creating the first scientific map of it.