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Definition of Cosmographer
1. Noun. A scientist knowledgeable about cosmography.
Generic synonyms: Scientist
Derivative terms: Cosmography, Cosmography, Cosmography, Cosmography
Definition of Cosmographer
1. n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.
Definition of Cosmographer
1. Noun. (obsolete) Someone who describes the world; a geographer or anthropologist. ¹
2. Noun. A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cosmographer
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cosmographer
Literary usage of Cosmographer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The principal navigations voyages traffiques and discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1903)
"... A learned Epistle written 1581. unto the famous cosmographer M. Gerardus Mercator
concerning the river Pechora, ..."
2. The Bay of San Francisco: The Metropolis of the Pacific Coast and Its by Lewis Publishing Company (1892)
"... Pedro Fages in command of the Nuevos Establecimientos, and sailed on the 9th
of July for San Blas, taking with him the en- gineer and cosmographer, ..."
3. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar: In the Beginning of by Duarte Barbosa (1866)
"... with the interpretation of Diego Ribero, Portuguese, cosmographer of His
Majesty, and Master of the Sailing charts. ACCOUNT OF THE RUBIES, ..."
4. A Memoir on the Indian Surveys by Clements Robert Markham (1878)
"Finally, the cosmographer was called upon to train up a class of efficient
geographers ; and this was one of the most important parts of his duty. ..."
5. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters, Sculptors & Architects of the Order of S by Vincenzo Fortunato Marchese, Charles Patrick Meehan (1852)
"Father Ignatius Danti, Mathematician, cosmographer, Engineer, and Architect.
ALTHOUGH the Preaching-Friars applied themselves zealously, for many ages, ..."
6. The General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and Critical by Alexander Chalmers (1815)
"... not been noticed before, or not rightly understood. preceptor to Don Henry,
son to king Emanuel of Portugal, and principal cosmographer to the king. ..."
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