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Mark Babinski
Edited by Matthew H. Edney

Statistical Data for Located Copies of the Twenty-Sheet Map and the Key Map

These figures are based on the census of Popple's map.
 

20-Sheet Map
State # copies % No color Outline color Full color
1 1 1% 0 0 1
2a 2 2% 1 0 1
2b 2 2% 0 0 2
3a 2 2% 0 1 1
3c 2 2% 0 0 2
4a 6 6% 3 1 2
4b 4 4% 3 0 1
4c 1 1% 0 1 0
5 10 10% 6 0 4
6 16 17% 10 0 6
7 35 36% 26 0 9
8 15 16% 13 1 1
TOTAL: 96 100% 62 4 30



Key Map
State # copies % No color Outline color Full color
1 48 51% 11 16 21
2 4 4% 1 2 1
3 8 9% 3 2 3
4 18 19% 5 9 4
5 11 12% 10 0 1
6 2 2% 2 0 0
7 1 1% 0 0 1
8 1 1% 0 0 1
9 1 1% 1 0 0
TOTAL: 94 100% 33 29 32


Matching 21 Sheets: 20-sheet map and key map together
state of 20-sheet map state of key map # copies %
1b 1 1 1%
2a 1 1 1%
2b 1 2 3%
3a N/A
3c N/A
4a 1 5 7%
4b 1 4 5%
4c 1 1 1%
5 1 8 11%
6 1 12 16%
7 1 6 8%
7 2 4 5%
7 3 7 9%
7 4 13 17%
8 5 11 15%
Total of complete 21-sheet copies 75 100%

 

 

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