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Definition of Book of maps
1. Noun. A collection of maps in book form.
Generic synonyms: Book Of Facts, Reference, Reference Book, Reference Work
Terms within: Gazetteer
Specialized synonyms: Dialect Atlas, Linguistic Atlas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Book Of Maps
Literary usage of Book of maps
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"A book of maps is called an "atlas" from this giant.—Greek Fable. BELLE, famous
for his three leaps, which gave names to the places called ..."
2. Guide to the Materials for American History, to 1783 by Charles McLean Andrews (1912)
"There was also a volume (formerly BT Book of Maps 28), of printed maps of the "
English Plantations ", containing a few maps of harbors, colonies, etc.; ..."
3. The Invasion of the Crimea: Its Origin and an Account of Its Progress Down ...by Alexander William Kinglake by Alexander William Kinglake (1868)
"... and Sons have published a book of maps, which for care of drawing and beauty
of execution appears to leave nothing more to hope for or desire. ..."
4. Guide to the County Archives of California by California Historical Survey Commission, John Francis Davis (1919)
"... 1901. provided that the recorder shall paste all such maps securely in a book
of maps, when it shall be deemed to have been recorded.40 By an act passed ..."
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