Word of the Day - Cosmography

cosmography

/kɒzˈmɒɡrəfi/
noun - Plural cosmographies
mass noun
1 The branch of science which deals with the general features of the universe, including the earth.
1.1 count noun A description or representation of the universe or the earth.

Origin
Late Middle English: from French cosmographie, or via late Latin from Greek
kosmographia, from kosmos (see cosmos) + -graphia ‘writing’.

Carl's cosmography encompassed the Earth, moon and sun. He ignored all the stars and other system planets, judging them to be too far away to bother with. Few read his self-published papers.