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mapmaker

[map-may-ker] / ˈmæpˌmeɪ kər /
NOUN
cartographer
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In Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, an Irish mapmaker and his family endure poverty and take strength from a connection to the mystic past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026

More of that later, but we're with her to talk about Land, her sweeping new tale centred around the story of an Irish mapmaker working for the British army in the mid-19th Century.

From BBC ● May 22, 2026

The mapmaker was something of a Renaissance man — relatives said he pursued photography, worked as a chauffeur and served as an executive with the Screen Extras Guild, then a union for background actors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 13, 2023

Google started off as a kind of mapmaker for the internet, but through its phenomenal success gradually became the architect of the World Wide Web.

From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2023

“Smart girl. A mapmaker, better than anyone, should know which way to go.”

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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