出典:Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek κοσμογρᾰφία (kosmographía, “description of the world”); synchronically analyzable as cosmo- + -graphy
cosmography (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 cosmographies)
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/26 20:19 UTC 版)
Cosmography is the science that maps the general features of the universe, describing both heaven and Earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy). The 14th century work'Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara'ib al-mawjudat by Persian physician Zakariya al-Qazwini is considered to be an early work of cosmography.