(in cartography)
1Cartography — Cartography was stimulated by the need to visualize the newly discovered parts of the world in a graphic form. European expansion, especially by sea, strategic military aims, and even administrative and judicial needs encouraged the… …
2Cartography — Car*tog ra*phy, n. [Cf. F. cartographie. See {Card}, and { graphy}.] The art or business of forming charts or maps. [1913 Webster] …
3cartography — 1843, from Fr. cartographie, from M.L. carta (see CARD (Cf. card) (n.)) + Fr. graphie, from Gk. graphein to write, to draw (see GRAPHY (Cf. graphy)) …
4cartography and cartographer — Cartography is the making of maps, and a cartographer is a person who makes maps. In ancient times, maps were often decorated with fanciful beasts and monsters instead of accurate details about places. French mapmakers of the 1700s and 1800s… …
5cartography — ► NOUN ▪ the science or practice of drawing maps. DERIVATIVES cartographer noun cartographic adjective. ORIGIN from French carte card, map …
6cartography — [kär täg′rə fē] n. [< ML carta (see CARD1) + GRAPHY] the art or work of making maps or charts cartographic [kärt΄ə graf′ik] adj. cartographical …
7Cartography — Cartographer redirects here. For the album by E.S. Posthumus, see Cartographer (album). A nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea from the second quarter of the 14th century. It is the oldest original cartographic artifact in the Library of… …
8Cartography of India — The cartography of India begins with early charts for navigation[1] and constructional plans for buildings.[2] Indian traditions influenced Tibetan[3] and Islamic traditions,[4] and in turn, were influenced by the British cartographers who… …
9Cartography of Asia — Map from Mahmud al Kashgari s Diwanu Lughat at Turk, showing the 11th century distribution of Turkic tribes …
10Cartography of Europe — Europe as depicted in the Catalan world map of ca. 1450 …
