topographical map

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Even small details—a brochure for a luxury yacht and a topographical map of Panama—illustrate the kind of granular research he pursued to ground his characters in later novels, such as “The Night Manager.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 26, 2026

Both an origin story and a topsy-turvy script-flipping, the drama, which has enough cliffhangers to make nonsense of a topographical map, sympathizes with Moriarty and savages Holmes.

From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2022

In that sense, year-end lists always feel worth making, if only to have a topographical map of one’s own heart and mind.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 3, 2019

But then, with the help of a 1919 topographical map, he found the horizon line.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 27, 2017

I cut out poster board and stacked it to mimic Dad’s topographical map, painting the whole thing in shades of green and brown.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila