cosmography

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Ancient Greek κοσμογρᾰφία (kosmogrăphía, “description of the world”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -graphy.

maitre de mathematiques (et de cosmographie)--teacher of mathematics (and cosmography). — The Martian: A Novel, George Du Maurier
All that relates to its author will, I believe, be acceptable to lovers of the "Cosmography." — Microcosmography: or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters, John Earle
He ransacked cosmography, astrology, alchemy, optics, the canon law, and the divinity of the school-men for ink-horn terms and similes. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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