Example sentences for: mapmakers

How can you use “mapmakers” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Whore-house Meadows , Oregon was changed to Naughty Girls Meadows by the federal mapmakers, and Bullshit Springs , Oregon was changed to Bullshirt Springs . Interestingly, the local residents were very upset about the first change, but not about the second.

  • Sixteenth-century mapmakers back in Spain mistakenly confused the names, so that in the end the port became San Juan and the whole island was called a “rich port”; once on the maps, the names stuck.

  • With minimal thought on the part of the mapmakers, Kosovo was folded into Serbia, which joined five neighboring Balkan territories to form the new state of Yugoslavia.


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