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cartography

[kahr-tog-ruh-fee] / kɑrˈtɒg rə fi /


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In 1822, F. & R. Lockwood, a small cartography firm in New York, published what historians today believe was the first of its kind: a board game invented and marketed in America.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 21, 2026

Moreover, Latinos are using smartphones for digital cartography much as Black people mapped freedom during the eras of slavery and Jim Crow.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 18, 2025

The Seattle-based cartography company turns 50 this year, providing proof as clear as the compass rose that the hard-copy map is not going the way of the phone book.

From Seattle Times Aug. 30, 2023

Redrawing the map would require much more than fresh cartography.

From New York Times Mar. 18, 2023

European knowledge of Mount Everest depends on a long history of discovery, exploration, surveying and cartography.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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