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cartography

[kahr-tog-ruh-fee] / kɑrˈtɒg rə fi /


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Throughout the book, elements from a talking fish to a possibly reincarnated dog exist alongside the bleak reality of a country so downtrodden and occupied that even its cartography isn’t in its own language.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 30, 2026

It sounds like a bit of harmless bureaucratic cartography.

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 15, 2025

Leanne Abraham is a graphics editor at The Times with a focus on cartography and data visualization.

From New York Times Sep. 3, 2023

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

Cicero thought cartography was a branch of geometry, but the Renaissance developed a whole range of new mathematical disciplines and demonstrated their power to make sense of the world.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton




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