cosmographer

American  

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

noun

cosmographers plural

1. a specialist or expert in cosmography.

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Inflected Forms

noun

• cosmographers
  plural

Example Sentences

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Cespedes was cosmographer major of the Indies in Seville and wrote many geographical works early in the seventeenth century.

From The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America by Murphy, Henry Cruse

The compilation of the history was then entrusted to Captain Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, the cosmographer of Peru.

From History of the Incas by Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir

In the projected expedition of the viceroy, Urdaneta's experience will be very valuable "because of your knowledge of the products of that region, and as you understand its navigation, and are a good cosmographer."

From The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century by Blair, Emma Helen

It is true that, both as priest and cosmographer, he was interested alike in classical and Christian monuments and in the marvels of nature.

From The Civilisation of the Renaissance in Italy by Burckhardt, Jacob