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Maps
MeSH HeadingMaps
Tree NumberV01.185.687
Tree NumberV02.700.450
Annotationthis heading is used as a Publication Type. Used by catalogers only. Use for geographic atlases. Do not also use the publication type ATLASES; maps as a subject are indexed under the main heading MAPS AS TOPIC
Scope NoteWorks consisting of representations, normally to scale and on a flat medium, of a selection of material or abstract features on the surface of the earth. They may be used also in delineating the heavens and celestial bodies. (From Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, 2d ed, p619)
History Note2008 (1997)
Date of Entry19960621
Unique IDD019532


MeSH Tree Structures

 
Publication Components [V01]
   Book Illustrations [V01.185]
Caricatures [V01.185.500]
Drawings [V01.185.625]
Maps [V01.185.687]
Pictorial Works [V01.185.750]

 
Publication Formats [V02]
   Pictorial Works [V02.700]
Drawings [V02.700.300]
Maps [V02.700.450]
Portraits [V02.700.600]

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