map maker

Other forms: map makers

Definitions of map maker
  1. noun
    a person who makes maps
    synonyms: cartographer
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    examples:
    Sebastian Cabot
    son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
    type of:
    geographer
    a scientist trained in the study of the earth's surface
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