cosmographyn.

Brit.

/kɒzˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S.

/kɑzˈmɑɡrəfi/

Etymology: < Greek κοσμογραϕία description of the world, < κοσμογράϕος : see cosmographer n. Compare French cosmographie.

1. The science which describes and maps the general features of the universe (both the heavens and the earth), without encroaching on the special provinces of astronomy or geography.But formerly often = geography n. 2a in its present sense, or spec. as including hydrography.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > [noun] > cosmography

cosmography?1520

?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bviij Of townes to know the sytuacyon How ferre they be a sunder And other poyntes of cosmograyfy.

c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 37 Cosmaghraphie..is ane vniuersal discriptione of the varld, contenand in it, the four elementis, the eird, the vattir, the ayr, and the fyir the sone and mune and al the sternis.

1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 37 b The measure of the worlde, and this is deuided into Cosmographie, and Geographie.

1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij The Matching of both [Astronomy and Geography], hath his peculier Arte, called Cosmographie.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. i. f. 134 Cosmography is the description..of heauen and earth, and all that is contained therein.

1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 13 Histories are either of the Greater world, [or the] Lesser world... The former is Vniuersall of the world, and all things in it, this is Cosmography, and is best handled by Pliny in his Naturall history, &c.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cosmography, a description of the World, with the Climates and Circles marked upon the Globe and in Maps.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cosmography, a Description of the visible World; a Science which shews the Frame of the Universe, or whole World..The two Branches of this Science are Astronomy and Geography.

1764 B. Martin New & Comprehensive Syst. Philol. II. 33 That Science which is properly called Geography, or rather Cosmography.

1834 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. iii. 92 Sir Humphrey Gilbert..engaged deeply in the science of cosmography.

2. A description or representation of the universe or of the earth in its general features.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > treatise or description > [noun]

cosmography?a1475

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 23 Pricianus Grammaticus, in his Cosmographye.

1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 89 That buik, quhilk callit is for-yi Of Pholome the greit cosmographi.

1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 32 Which without further travel I can do in the Cosmography of my self.

1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 33 It [sc. the body of Adam] being..a little Cosmography or map of the Universe.

1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 262 Two translations [of]..the cosmography of Ptolemy.

1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 226 I am far from meaning that he had in his mind an harmonious world-plan or cosmography.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	cosmography
释义	cosmographyn. Brit. /kɒzˈmɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /kɑzˈmɑɡrəfi/ Etymology: < Greek κοσμογραϕία description of the world, < κοσμογράϕος : see cosmographer n. Compare French cosmographie. 1. The science which describes and maps the general features of the universe (both the heavens and the earth), without encroaching on the special provinces of astronomy or geography.But formerly often = geography n. 2a in its present sense, or spec. as including hydrography. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > [noun] > cosmography cosmography?1520 ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bviij Of townes to know the sytuacyon How ferre they be a sunder And other poyntes of cosmograyfy. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) vi. 37 Cosmaghraphie..is ane vniuersal discriptione of the varld, contenand in it, the four elementis, the eird, the vattir, the ayr, and the fyir the sone and mune and al the sternis. 1569 J. Sanford tr. H. C. Agrippa Of Vanitie Artes & Sci. 37 b The measure of the worlde, and this is deuided into Cosmographie, and Geographie. 1570 J. Dee in H. Billingsley tr. Euclid Elements Geom. Math. Præf. sig. ciiij The Matching of both [Astronomy and Geography], hath his peculier Arte, called Cosmographie. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises iii. i. i. f. 134 Cosmography is the description..of heauen and earth, and all that is contained therein. 1621 P. Heylyn Microcosmus 13 Histories are either of the Greater world, [or the] Lesser world... The former is Vniuersall of the world, and all things in it, this is Cosmography, and is best handled by Pliny in his Naturall history, &c. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cosmography, a description of the World, with the Climates and Circles marked upon the Globe and in Maps. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Cosmography, a Description of the visible World; a Science which shews the Frame of the Universe, or whole World..The two Branches of this Science are Astronomy and Geography. 1764 B. Martin New & Comprehensive Syst. Philol. II. 33 That Science which is properly called Geography, or rather Cosmography. 1834 G. Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. iii. 92 Sir Humphrey Gilbert..engaged deeply in the science of cosmography. 2. A description or representation of the universe or of the earth in its general features. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > cosmology > science of observation > theory > treatise or description > [noun] cosmography?a1475 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 23 Pricianus Grammaticus, in his Cosmographye. 1535 W. Stewart tr. H. Boethius Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 89 That buik, quhilk callit is for-yi Of Pholome the greit cosmographi. 1642 Sir T. Browne Religio Medici 32 Which without further travel I can do in the Cosmography of my self. 1663 R. South Serm. preached Nov. 9, 1662 33 It [sc. the body of Adam] being..a little Cosmography or map of the Universe. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. iii. 262 Two translations [of]..the cosmography of Ptolemy. 1876 W. E. Gladstone Homeric Synchronism 226 I am far from meaning that he had in his mind an harmonious world-plan or cosmography. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1475
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