Definitions for cartographies

cartographies car·tog·ra·phy

Spelling: [kahr-tog-ruh-fee]
IPA: /kɑrˈtɒg rə fi/

Cartographies is a 13 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 22 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 2561 anagrams from letters in cartographies (aaceghioprrst).

Definitions for cartographies

noun

  1. the production of maps, including construction of projections, design, compilation, drafting, and reproduction.

Origin of cartographies

1855-60; Latin c(h)art(a) carte + -o- + -graphy

Examples for cartographies

Cassini was right in saying that cartography was no longer at its height as a science.

cartography, kar-tog′ra-fi, n. the art of preparing charts or maps.

We come now to two significant maps in the early history of American cartography.

He became a high authority on early American cartography and the history of the period of exploration.

Hitherto the Ptolemaic cartography had exerted an overpowering influence.

Only two specimens of Roman cartography have come down to us, viz.

The wonderful delicacy of Norden's work makes these maps peculiarly appreciated by students of London cartography.

We were obliged to limit our cartography to languages alone.

Scarcely any specimens of ancient Egyptian cartography have survived.

This is how I came to enter the studio devoted to the cartography of Northern Africa.

Word Value for cartographies
Scrable

22

Words with friends

23

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