''Cosmographia'' (
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κόσμος, "world, universe", and γραφή, "representation") may refer to:
Written works
*''Cosmographia'', an alternative name for Ptolemy's ''
Geographia
The ''Geography'' ( grc-gre, Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis'', "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the ' and the ', is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, com ...
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*''Cosmographia'', a late antique or early medieval geographical work by
Julius Honorius Julius Honorius, also known as Julius Orator, was a teacher of geography during Late Antiquity.
He is known only by a single work, ''Cosmographia'', which is a set of notes he had written down by one of his students while he lectured about a world ...
*''Cosmographia'', an early medieval geographical work feigned to record the travels of one
Aethicus Ister Aethicus Ister (Aethicus Donares, Aethicus of Istria or Aethicus Ister) was the protagonist of the 7th/8th-century ''Cosmographia'', purportedly written by a man of church Hieronymus (Jerome, but not the Church Father Jerome), who purportedly censo ...
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Ravenna Cosmography
The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' ( la, Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia, "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a list of place-names covering the world from India to Ireland, compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna around 700 AD. Text ...
'', a seventh- or eighth-century work by an anonymous of Ravenna
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''Cosmographia'' (Bernardus Silvestris), a twelfth-century allegory by Bernardus Silvestris
*''Cosmographia'', a fifteenth-century work by the German geographer
Nicolaus Germanus
Nicolaus Germanus () was a German cartographer who modernized Ptolemy's ''Geography'' by applying new projections, adding additional maps, and contributing other innovations that were influential in the development of Renaissance cartography.
N ...
*''Cosmographia'', an alternative title of
Petrus Apianus
Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. His work on "cosmography", the field that de ...
' sixteenth-century ''Cosmographicus liber''
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''Cosmographia'' (Sebastian Münster), a sixteenth-century work by the German geographer Sebastian Münster
*''Cosmographia'', a sixteenth-century work by the Portuguese geographer
Bartolomeu Velho
Bartolomeu Velho (died 1568) was a sixteenth-century Portuguese cartographer and cosmographer.
Velho prepared the Carta General do Orbe (General Chart of the Globe) in 1561 for Sebastian of Portugal
Sebastian ( pt, Sebastião I ; 20 January ...
*''Cosmographia'', a sixteenth-century treatise by the Italian
Francesco Maurolico
Francesco Maurolico (Latin: ''Franciscus Maurolycus''; Italian: ''Francesco Maurolico''; gr, Φραγκίσκος Μαυρόλυκος, 16 September 1494 - 21/22 July 1575) was a mathematician and astronomer from Sicily. He made contributions t ...
*''Cosmographia Blaviana'', an alternative name for Joan Blaeu's ''
Atlas Maior
The ''Atlas Maior'' is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and a ...
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Maps
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Universalis Cosmographia
''Universalis'' is a role-playing game (RPG) from Ramshead Publishing that stresses interactive storytelling. The game uses a unique system, based on "coins" that are used to make additions to the game, which allows the entire group to participa ...
'', a sixteenth-century map by Martin Waldseemüller, the first to feature the name "America"
See also
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Cosmography
The term cosmography has two distinct meanings: traditionally it has been the protoscience of mapping the general features of the cosmos, heaven and Earth; more recently, it has been used to describe the ongoing effort to determine the large-scal ...
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Cosmographiae Introductio
''Cosmographiae Introductio'' ("Introduction to Cosmography"; Saint-Dié, 1507) is a book that was published in 1507 to accompany Martin Waldseemüller's printed globe and wall-map (''Universalis Cosmographia''). The book and map contain the fi ...
'', a 1507 geographical work by Martin Waldseemüller
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