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''Cosmographia'' (
Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...
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κόσμος, "world, universe", and γραφή, "representation") may refer to:


Written works

*''Cosmographia'', an alternative name for Ptolemy's ''
Geographia The ''Geography'' ( grc-gre, Γεωγραφικὴ Ὑφήγησις, ''Geōgraphikḕ Hyphḗgēsis'',  "Geographical Guidance"), also known by its Latin names as the ' and the ', is a gazetteer, an atlas, and a treatise on cartography, com ...
'' *''Cosmographia'', a late antique or early medieval geographical work by
Julius Honorius Julius Honorius, also known as Julius Orator, was a teacher of geography during Late Antiquity. He is known only by a single work, ''Cosmographia'', which is a set of notes he had written down by one of his students while he lectured about a world ...
*''Cosmographia'', an early medieval geographical work feigned to record the travels of one Aethicus Ister *''
Ravenna Cosmography The ''Ravenna Cosmography'' ( la, Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia,  "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennese") is a list of place-names covering the world from India to Ireland, compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna around 700 AD. Text ...
'', a seventh- or eighth-century work by an anonymous of Ravenna * ''Cosmographia'' (Bernardus Silvestris), a twelfth-century allegory by Bernardus Silvestris *''Cosmographia'', a fifteenth-century work by the German geographer Nicolaus Germanus *''Cosmographia'', an alternative title of
Petrus Apianus Petrus Apianus (April 16, 1495 – April 21, 1552), also known as Peter Apian, Peter Bennewitz, and Peter Bienewitz, was a German humanist, known for his works in mathematics, astronomy and cartography. His work on "cosmography", the field that de ...
' sixteenth-century ''Cosmographicus liber'' * ''Cosmographia'' (Sebastian Münster), a sixteenth-century work by the German geographer Sebastian Münster *''Cosmographia'', a sixteenth-century work by the Portuguese geographer Bartolomeu Velho *''Cosmographia'', a sixteenth-century treatise by the Italian
Francesco Maurolico Francesco Maurolico (Latin: ''Franciscus Maurolycus''; Italian: ''Francesco Maurolico''; gr, Φραγκίσκος Μαυρόλυκος, 16 September 1494 - 21/22 July 1575) was a mathematician and astronomer from Sicily. He made contributions t ...
*''Cosmographia Blaviana'', an alternative name for Joan Blaeu's ''
Atlas Maior The ''Atlas Maior'' is the final version of Joan Blaeu's atlas, published in Amsterdam between 1662 and 1672, in Latin (11 volumes), French (12 volumes), Dutch (9 volumes), German (10 volumes) and Spanish (10 volumes), containing 594 maps and a ...
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Maps

*'' Universalis Cosmographia'', a sixteenth-century map by Martin Waldseemüller, the first to feature the name "America"


See also

* Cosmography *'' Cosmographiae Introductio'', a 1507 geographical work by Martin Waldseemüller {{disambig