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Cosmography

noun
(pl. cosmographies)
1.
The science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy).
2.
A representation of the earth or the heavens.





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"Cosmography" Quotes from Famous Books



... of the world. Though Columbus was the greatest man of his age, yet we know only that he was the son of a wool comber and that he attended the school at Pavia, where he showed a marvellous aptitude for astronomy and cosmography. He became a sailor on the Mediterranean, some say a pirate, but the ships of one nation then preyed on the ships of another and considered it legitimate because there was then no International law. ...
— The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair - Their Observations and Triumphs • Charles McCellan Stevens (AKA 'Quondam')
... uncompromising reactionist. I love the past, but I envy the future. It would have been very pleasant to have lived upon this planet at as late a period as possible. Descartes would be delighted if he could read some trivial work on natural philosophy and cosmography written in the present day. The fourth form school boy of our age is acquainted with truths to know which Archimedes would have laid down his life. What would we not give to be able to get a glimpse of some book which will be used as a school-primer a ...
— Recollections of My Youth • Ernest Renan


Words linked to "Cosmography" :   representation, cosmographer, cosmographist, natural science


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