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car·tog·ra·phy  (kär-tgr-f)
n.
The art or technique of making maps or charts.

[French cartographie : carte, map (from Old French, from Latin charta, carta, paper made from papyrus; see card1) + -graphie, writing (from Greek graphi; see -graphy).]

car·togra·pher n.
carto·graphic (kärt-grfk), carto·graphi·cal adj.
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Adj.1.cartographical - of or relating to the making of maps or charts


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At a stroke, it has dominated the cartographical business.
But in addition to staking out the terms of his text's narrative structure, Belpoliti's map also announces the text's complexity, alerts the reader that s/he will need cartographical guidance in navigating the text (and the voyage it iconically represents), and finally, calls into question the linearity of any new journeys in Levi's wake.
His Carta Marina, large for that time, was a cartographical image of Northern Europe, decorated by images of soldiers, seafarers, hunters, fishermen, animals, and plants.
 
 
 
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