Definition of Map collection

1. Noun. A collection of maps in book form.

Exact synonyms: Atlas, Book Of Maps
Generic synonyms: Book Of Facts, Reference, Reference Book, Reference Work
Terms within: Gazetteer
Specialized synonyms: Dialect Atlas, Linguistic Atlas

Lexicographical Neighbors of Map Collection

manzils
manœuverability
manœuverable
manœuvreability
manœuvreable
maomao
maori
maori hen
maormor
maormors
maotai
map
map-dot-fingerprint dystrophy
map-key
map-reader
map collection (current term)
map distance
map key
map maker
map out
map projection
map room
mapantsula
mapantsulas
mapatumumab
mapau
mapaus
mapepire

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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