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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A map in mere outline.
  • noun In surveying, a map prepared without accurate measurement.

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Examples

  • 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

  • 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

  • Like many such Chinese cards, it had a sketch-map on the back.

    The Bear and the Dragon Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2000

  • Just before the endurance phase, I failed the sketch-map march of 18 miles.

    Bravo-Two-Zero McNab, Andy 1993

  • A sketch-map of Sussex Gardens, entitled "Scene of the Outrage," showed, by means of dotted lines, (A) Route taken by Mr. Vivian

    Once Aboard the Lugger 1925

  • 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."

    The Valley of the Giants 1918

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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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