cosmography Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)
  2. noun a representation of the earth or the heavens
    • the cosmography of Ptolemy

WordNet

Cos*mog"ra*phy noun
Etymology
Gr. the world + to write: cf. F. cosmographie.
Wordforms
plural Cosmographies
Definitions
  1. A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

Webster 1913