[plt-scheme] Newbie map question

Hi, i'm learning scheme "the hard way", making a school project.

I need to manipulate vectors and do some basic vector algebra.

When faced with something as 'trivial' as the sum, I know I can sum
vectors (lists) just as this:

(map + '(1 2 3) '(4 5 6) '(4 5 6))

The problem of this approach is that map + is not a procedure I can
pass as an argument to a function (inner or outer product, for
example), i need a self-contained map+. I can do this just by
defining:

(define map+
  (lambda (v1 v2)
    (map + v1 v2)))

The problem of this approach is that it only works with 2 arguments. I
know I can iterate through the list of vectors and accomplish it, but
that seems too inefficient when a simple map + will do. Something like
this:

(define map+
  (lambda vecs
    (map + vecs)))

or better:

(define elementwise
  (lambda (f)
    (lambda vecs
      (map f vecs))))

(define map+ (elementwise +))

Which doesn't work because vecs is a list of vectors, and map expects
each vector as an argument

I know it's very simple, but can somebody give me a clue?

Thanks.