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New page: '''Cosmography''' is the science that maps the general features of the universe; describes both heaven and Earth (but without encroaching on geography or astronomy)...
'''Cosmography''' is the science that [[map]]s the general features of the [[universe]]; describes both [[heaven]] and [[Earth]] (but without encroaching on [[geography]] or [[astronomy]]).
[[Peter Heylyn]]'s [[1652]] book "Cosmographie" (enlarged from his "Microcosmos" of [[1621]]) was one of the earliest attempts to describe the complete world in English being the first known description of [[Australia]] and among the first of [[California]]. The book comprises 4 sections, examining the geography, politics, and cultures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with an addendum on [[Terra Incognita]], including Australia, and extending to [[Utopia]], [[Fairyland]], and the "Land of [[Chivalry|Chivalrie]]".
In [[1659]], [[Thomas Porter]] published a smaller but extensive "Compendious Description of the Whole World" which also included a [[Chronology]] of world events from [[Creation according to Genesis|Creation]] forward. These were all part of a major trend in the [[European Renaissance]] to explore (and perhaps comprehend) the known world.
The word was commonly used by [[Buckminster Fuller]] in his lectures.
The 13th century book [['Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara'ib al-mawjudat]] by Persian physician [[Zakariya al-Qazwini]] is also considered to be a work of cosmography.
==See Also==
*[[Star cartography]]
*[[Johann Bayer]]
*[[Julius Schiller]]
*[[Andreas Cellarius]]
[[Category: General Referrence]]
[[Peter Heylyn]]'s [[1652]] book "Cosmographie" (enlarged from his "Microcosmos" of [[1621]]) was one of the earliest attempts to describe the complete world in English being the first known description of [[Australia]] and among the first of [[California]]. The book comprises 4 sections, examining the geography, politics, and cultures of Europe, Asia, Africa, and America, with an addendum on [[Terra Incognita]], including Australia, and extending to [[Utopia]], [[Fairyland]], and the "Land of [[Chivalry|Chivalrie]]".
In [[1659]], [[Thomas Porter]] published a smaller but extensive "Compendious Description of the Whole World" which also included a [[Chronology]] of world events from [[Creation according to Genesis|Creation]] forward. These were all part of a major trend in the [[European Renaissance]] to explore (and perhaps comprehend) the known world.
The word was commonly used by [[Buckminster Fuller]] in his lectures.
The 13th century book [['Aja'ib al-makhluqat wa-ghara'ib al-mawjudat]] by Persian physician [[Zakariya al-Qazwini]] is also considered to be a work of cosmography.
==See Also==
*[[Star cartography]]
*[[Johann Bayer]]
*[[Julius Schiller]]
*[[Andreas Cellarius]]
[[Category: General Referrence]]