cartography

[ kahr-tog-ruh-fee ]

/ kɑrˈtɒg rə fi /

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noun

the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.

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What Bizarre Error Gave California Its Name?When the Spanish first began exploring the Pacific Coast of North America, they mistakenly believed that California was an island. (Some of the earliest and most fascinating maps of the state depict it as separated from the mainland.) This is considered one of the greatest, albeit short-lived, cartographic errors. Early mapmakers began labeling the “island” as California, the name of a mythical island in a book …

Words related to cartography

topography, geopolitics, geology, physiography, topology, chorography

Words nearby cartography

cartilaginous joint, cartland, cartload, cartogram, cartographer, cartography, cartomancy, carton, carton-pierre, cartonnier, cartoon

Origin of cartography

1855–60; < Latin c(h)art(a) carte + -o- + -graphy

OTHER WORDS FROM cartography

car·to·graph

[kahr-tuh-graf, -grahf] /ˈkɑr təˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf/, nouncar·tog·ra·pher, nouncar·to·graph·ic

[kahr-tuh-graf-ik] /ˌkɑr təˈgræf ɪk/, car·to·graph·i·cal, adjectivecar·to·graph·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Examples from the Web for cartography

The wonderful delicacy of Norden's work makes these maps peculiarly appreciated by students of London cartography.
Maps of Old London|Anonymous
Cartography, kar-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of preparing charts or maps.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D)|Various
Hitherto the Ptolemaic cartography had exerted an overpowering influence.
Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II|Edward Luther Stevenson
Only two specimens of Roman cartography have come down to us, viz.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6|Various

We were obliged to limit our cartography to languages alone.
Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cartography

cartography

chartography

/ (kɑːˈtɒɡrəfɪ) /

noun

the art, technique, or practice of compiling or drawing maps or charts

Derived forms of cartography

cartographer or chartographer, nouncartographic (ˌkɑːtəˈɡræfɪk), cartographical, chartographic or chartographical, adjectivecartographically or chartographically, adverb

Word Origin for cartography

C19: from French cartographie, from carte map, chart

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Science definitions for cartography

cartography

[ kär-tŏg′rə-fē ]

The art or technique of making maps or charts.