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cosmography (n.)

late 14c., "description of the universe," from Latin cosmographia; see cosmo- + -graphy. From 1510s as "science which describes and maps the main features of the heavens and earth." Related: Cosmographic; cosmographical; cosmographer.

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Definitions of cosmography from WordNet

cosmography (n.)
the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy);
cosmography (n.)
a representation of the earth or the heavens;
the cosmography of Ptolemy
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