cosmographer

cosmographer
noun see cosmography

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  • Cosmographer — Cos*mog ra*pher ( r? f?r), n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth. [1913 Webster] The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More s Utopia). [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • cosmographer — See cosmography. * * * …   Universalium

  • cosmographer — noun A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe. See Also: cosmologist, cosmology …   Wiktionary

  • cosmographer — cos·mog·ra·pher …   English syllables

  • cosmographer — noun a scientist knowledgeable about cosmography • Syn: ↑cosmographist • Derivationally related forms: ↑cosmography (for: ↑cosmographist), ↑cosmography • Hypernyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • cosmography — cosmographer, cosmographist, n. cosmographic /koz meuh graf ik/, cosmographical, adj. cosmographically, adv. /koz mog reuh fee/, n., pl. cosmographies. 1. a science that describes and maps the main features of the heavens and the earth, including …   Universalium

  • COLUMBUS, BARTHOLOMEW —    cosmographer, brother of Christopher Columbus; accompanied him to St. Domingo, and became governor; d. 1514 …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

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  • Lombards — The Lombards (Latin Langobardi , whence the alternative names Langobards and Longobards) were a Germanic people originally from Northern Europe who settled in the valley of the Danube and from there invaded Byzantine Italy in 568 under the… …   Wikipedia

  • Paolo Dal Pozzo Toscanelli —     Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli     Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer, b. at Florence in 1397; d. there, 10 May, 1482. Toscanelli, who was one of the most distinguished scientists… …   Catholic encyclopedia

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