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
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
Cronin searched for his glasses and smoothed a topographical map of the Malheur National Forest over the top of the dining table.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018
But then, with the help of a 1919 topographical map, he found the horizon line.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 27, 2017
A topographical map of veins runs up her hands and over her wrists, and she has dozens of tiny creases around her eyes.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
