Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A map in mere outline.
- noun In surveying, a map prepared without accurate measurement.
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Examples
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Several debunkers have severely chastised Champlain for gross inaccuracy in his sketch-map of Guadeloupe, which they offer as proof that he was never there.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Several debunkers have severely chastised Champlain for gross inaccuracy in his sketch-map of Guadeloupe, which they offer as proof that he was never there.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Like many such Chinese cards, it had a sketch-map on the back.
The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000
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Just before the endurance phase, I failed the sketch-map march of 18 miles.
Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993
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A sketch-map of Sussex Gardens, entitled "Scene of the Outrage," showed, by means of dotted lines, (A) Route taken by Mr. Vivian
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Colonel Pennington took from his pocket the rough sketch-map of the region which we have reproduced herewith and pointed to the spot numbered "11."
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A sketch-map prepared by Hunter, in 1796, illustrates these very small early attempts of the settlement to spread.
The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Scott, Ernest, 1868-1939 1914
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As he spoke he took a little piece of folded paper, rather dirty, out of his inner pocket, on which a rough sketch-map was drawn, and he began touching it with a stump of pencil that he held in his hand.
First and Last Hilaire Belloc 1911
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Indian sketch-map of the Lewis River system, showing trails and Indian villages. view page image:
Atlas accompanying the original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1905
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Indian sketch-map of the Lewis River system, showing trails and Indian villages.
Atlas accompanying the original journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1804-1806 1905
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