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cosmographer

American  
[kahz-mah-gruhf-er] / kɑzˈmɑ grəf ər /

noun

plural

cosmographers
  1. a specialist or expert in cosmography.


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Pietro Cardinal Mam, 73, cosmographer, critic of Fascism, friend to the Royal House of Italy; at Pisa.

From Time Magazine Archive

The soldiers became discontented and deposed Enciso, who was a man of learning and an accomplished cosmographer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" by Various

From 1578 onwards he printed for Ortelius, the great cosmographer.

From Fine Books by Pollard, Alfred W. (Alfred William)

In 1474 he is said to have corresponded with Paolo Toscanelli, the Florentine physician and cosmographer, and to have received from him valuable suggestions, both by map and letter, for such a Western enterprise.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" by Various

Ortuña Ximenes, of Biscay, a great cosmographer, accompanied this expedition, as chief pilot.

From The Memoirs of the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo, Vol 2 (of 2) Written by Himself Containing a True and Full Account of the Discovery and Conquest of Mexico and New Spain. by Díaz del Castillo, Bernal

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