the description of the world; or the art which teaches the construction, figure, disposition, and relation of all the parts of the world, with the manner of representing them on a plane. The word comes from κόσμος, world, and γράφω, I describe.

Cosmography consists chiefly of two parts: Astronomy, which shows the structure of the heavens, and the disposition of the stars; and Geography, which shows those of the earth.