This 11-Foot ‘Ribbon Map’ Puts the Whole Mississippi River in Your Pocket

(via Atlas Obscura)  Ribbon Map of the Father of Waters – a depiction of the entire Mississippi, from the Gulf of Mexico all the way up to northern Minnesota. The map stretched 11 feet long and just under three inches wide, and was meant to be wrapped around a spool and carried in a pocket. Although it never really caught on, it stands as a testament to the many forms maps can take, and as a precursor of how we treat traveling today.