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cosmography
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cos·mog·ra·phy  (kz-mgr-f)
n. pl. cos·mog·ra·phies
1. The study of the visible universe that includes geography and astronomy.
2. A general description or depiction of the world or universe: "a full-blown cosmography in which Earth is 'the garbage dump of the universe'" (Mark Muro).

cos·mogra·pher n.
cosmo·graphic (-m-grfk), cosmo·graphi·cal adj.
cosmo·graphi·cal·ly adv.

cosmography [kɒzˈmɒgrəfɪ]
n
1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a representation of the world or the universe
2. (Philosophy) the science dealing with the whole order of nature
cosmographer , cosmographist n
cosmographic  [ˌkɒzməˈgræfɪk], cosmographical adj
cosmographically  adv

cosmography  (kz-mgr-f)
The study of the visible universe that includes the measurement and cataloging of its objects and structures.

cosmography
1. the branch of astronomy that maps and describes the main features of the universe.
2. a description or representation of the main features of the universe. — cosmographer, n. — cosmographic, cosmographical, adj.
See also: Cosmology
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cosmography - the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)
natural science - the sciences involved in the study of the physical world and its phenomena
2.cosmography - a representation of the earth or the heavens; "the cosmography of Ptolemy"
representation - a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something
Translations
cosmography [kɒzˈmɒgrəfɪ] Ncosmografía f
cosmography
nKosmografie f
cosmography [kɒzˈmɒgrəfɪ] ncosmografia
cosmography [kɒzˈmɒgrəfɪ] ncosmografia


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The subject also attracted numerous cosmographers, geographers, encyclopedists and writers of belle letters (adab).
Instead an overseer, Emilio de'Cavalieri was appointed in 1588 to supervise the Medici's jewelers, carvers, cosmographers, goldsmiths, miniature painters, gardners, turners, confectioners, clock makers porcelain makers, distillers, sculptors, painters and the master of the mint--"in short all the artists and craftsmen of every profession, condition, and rank, who work for us, either by the day or by appraisal or on salary" (90-91).
189) As for Magellanica, which for the majority of cosmographers surpasses in grandeur all of Europe, Asia, and Africa, Botero himself remains skeptical; rather than still another continent sprawling around the earth's southern pole, the various expeditions of the English and Castilians would suggest that it is simply a vast number of islands (1.
 
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