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Definition of Map collection
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 Map Collection
Literary usage of Map collection
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. "Realms of Gold": A Catalogue of Maps in the Library of the American by Murphy D. Smith (1991)
"The map collection had been catalogued by Mrs. Doris E. Broomall, but it was
decided by Associate Librarian Hildegard Stephans and Cataloguer Marian Christ ..."
2. Sudan, Oil, and Human Rights by Jemera Rone (2003)
"... 1:1000000 series, by the Sudan Survey, 1928, with administrative boundaries
corrected in 1968 (US Library of Congress map collection). ..."
3. Africans and Europeans in West Africa: Elminans and Dutchmen on the Gold by Harvey M. Feinberg (1989)
"... map collection 781, Map by JC Bergeman, 1799, and supplement t 305 ...
map collection, supplement # 308, 1828. In the seventeenth century, ..."
4. Publications by Western Reserve Historical Society (1870)
"... and the fear of duplication, little has been done of late years towards
enlarging our map collection, except by such maps as were offered as gifts. ..."
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