Definition of Map maker

1. Noun. A person who makes maps.

Exact synonyms: Cartographer
Generic synonyms: Geographer
Specialized synonyms: Cabot, Sebastian Cabot
Derivative terms: Cartography

Lexicographical Neighbors of Map Maker

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

Literary usage of Map maker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. In Darkest Africa, Or, The Quest, Rescue, and Retreat of Emin, Governor of by Henry Morton Stanley (1890)
"... Map—Sebastian Cabot's map—The arbitrariness of the modem map-maker,!—Map of Constable, Edinburgh—What Hugh Murray says in his book published in 1818—A ..."

2. People's Book of Biography: Or, Short Lives of the Most Interesting Persons by James Parton (1868)
"John Cabot had three sons, one of whom was named Sebastian, born probably in Bristol, where he grew to man's estate, and exercised the craft of map-maker. ..."

3. The Remarkable History of the Hudson's Bay Company: Including that of the by George Bryce (1900)
"... map maker—The North Shore—A line of forts—The Assiniboine country—A notable manuscript—A marvellous journey—Glory but not wealth—Post of the Western Sea ..."

4. The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries by John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Martha Joanna Lamb, Henry Phelps Johnston, Nathan Gilbert Pond, William Abbatt (1878)
"Concerning Hieronimo, comparatively little is known. The late Buckingham Smith would not believe that any such person as the map maker was ever known, ..."

5. The Congressional Globe by United States Congress, Francis Preston Blair, John Cook Rives, George A. Bailey, Franklin Rives (1853)
"... the geographical portions of it, that when British interests are concerned, there i| not the slightest credit to be given to this map-maker, Arrowsmith. ..."

6. History of California by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak, William Nemos, Frances Fuller Victor (1886)
"Each one recorded his own latitude—and theso two bays, almost identical in appearance, are due to an effort of the map- maker to include two incorrect ..."

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