Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Map \Map\, n. [From F. mappe, in mappemonde map of the world,
   fr. L. mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Cf.
   {Apron}, {Napkin}, {Nappe}.]
   1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some
      portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts
      represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a
      representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of
      it.

   Note: There are five principal kinds of projection used in
         making maps: the orthographic, the stereographic, the
         globuar, the conical, and the cylindrical, or
         Mercator's projection. See {Projection}.

   2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of
      events, states, or acts; as, an historical map.

            Thus is his cheek the map of days outworn. --Shak.

   {Map lichen} (Bot.), a lichen ({Lecidea geographica}.)
      growing on stones in curious maplike figures. --Dr. Prior.