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Noun: cosmography  kóz'mó-gru-fee
  1. The science that maps the large-scale features of the universe, or (historically) the Earth and heavens
    "Ancient cosmography often combined astronomical observations with mythological explanations"
     
  2. A representation of the earth or the heavens
    "the cosmography of Ptolemy"

Derived forms: cosmographies

Type of: natural science, representation

Encyclopedia: Cosmography