Synonyms for cartography

Grammar : Noun

Spell : kahr-tog-ruh-fee

Phonetic Transcription : kɑrˈtɒg rə fi

Définition of cartography

Origin : 1843, from French cartographie, from Medieval Latin carta (see card (n.)) + French -graphie, from Greek -graphein "to write, to draw" (see -graphy). Related: Cartographer; cartographic.

As in geography : noun the earth's features; study of land

Example sentences :

Cassini was right in saying that cartography was no longer at its height as a science.
Extract from : « Celebrated Travels and Travellers » by Jules Verne

Only two specimens of Roman cartography have come down to us, viz.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6 » by Various

Scarcely any specimens of ancient Egyptian cartography have survived.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 17, Slice 6 » by Various

We were obliged to limit our cartography to languages alone.
Extract from : « Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, March 1899 » by Various

This is how I came to enter the studio devoted to the cartography of Northern Africa.
Extract from : « Atlantida » by Pierre Benoit

Cartography, kar-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of preparing charts or maps.
Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various

Hitherto the Ptolemaic cartography had exerted an overpowering influence.
Extract from : « Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol II » by Edward Luther Stevenson

The wonderful delicacy of Norden's work makes these maps peculiarly appreciated by students of London cartography.
Extract from : « Maps of Old London » by Anonymous

He became a high authority on early American cartography and the history of the period of exploration.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 » by Various

We come now to two significant maps in the early history of American cartography.
Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and How He Received and Imparted the Spirit of Discovery » by Justin Winsor

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