| 单词 | cosmography |
| 例句 | This view, that the agglomerate of earth and water was not a perfect sphere, was universally accepted in the later Middle Ages, and the new cosmography required its refutation. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His map, so Brotton convincingly demonstrates, "was part of a cosmography that aimed to transcend the theological persecution and division of sixteenth-century Europe." A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton – review 2012-08-24T07:00:02Z This includes highlighting the knowledge of the past — be it stories, tools or cosmography. How artist Mercedes Dorame shares pieces of her Tongva heritage across L.A.’s public landscapes 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z But however poor, he found means to leave his native city, Genoa, and study astronomy, geometry, and cosmography, at the University of Pavia. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z A strange sort of cosmography had grown out of this ill-assorted reading. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z He was accordingly sent to the University of Pavia, where he learned geography, cosmography, geometry, astronomy, and the nautical sciences. Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) 2012-01-29T03:00:07.953Z And who does not see the bearing of this revolution on our views of Scripture, on its cosmography in particular, and on many of its minor teachings? Outlines of a Philosophy of Religion based on Psychology and History 2012-01-01T03:00:07.953Z He was buried in a splendid tomb, and the pupils of his school of cosmography and navigation continued to penetrate the ocean farther and farther to the South and West. The Story of Magellan and The Discovery of the Philippines 2011-10-22T02:00:26.240Z It is distinguished from cosmography by dealing Cluverius. with the earth alone, not with the universe, and from chorography and topography by dealing with the whole earth, not with a country or a place. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 6 "Geodesy" to "Geometry" 2011-09-19T02:00:10.473Z The cosmography, of course, is roughly that of Dante and Chaucer; seven spheres beneath the eighth, which is the sphere of the fixed stars and the highest visible heaven. Medieval English Literature Home University of Modern Knowledge #43 2011-09-09T02:00:56.970Z If my companions had not trusted in me, to whom cosmography was known, no one, not the leader of our navigation, would have known where we were after running 500 leagues. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z Later on a professorship of cosmography was established for the purpose of instructing pilots, who were required to keep diaries of their voyages. The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 2011-07-06T02:00:47.077Z In conclusion, we may say, that it was cosmography, that constructed the dogmas of the Druidical religion, which was, in its essential elements, the same as that of the old Oriental theocracies. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Kropotkin was well-treated, the officials were polite, and he was permitted to give his fellow-prisoners instruction in physics, languages, geometry and cosmography. Comrade Kropotkin 2010-12-26T03:00:20.093Z He was the author of several publications on cosmography and navigation. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Hojeda also took the said Americo, and I do not know whether as pilot, or as a man instructed in navigation and learned in cosmography. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z The same has been affirmed also by persons versed in learning and skilled in the science of cosmography. Hernando Cortez Makers of History Of those who in ancient times added to the knowledge then possessed of cosmography, we should not omit to mention the name of Pytheas, of Marseilles, who flourished in the fourth century before our era. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z From allusions in the Topographia Cosmas seems to have been the author of a larger cosmography, a treatise on the motions of the stars, and commentaries on the Psalms and Canticles. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 4 "Coquelin" to "Costume" I will venture to say that after two years of globes and cosmography no child of ten, by rules they give him, could find the way from Paris to St. Denis. Émile or, Concerning Education; Extracts "If my companions had not trusted in me, to whom cosmography was known, no one, not the leader of our navigation, would have known where we were after running five hundred leagues." The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z Our phase corresponds to the cosmography that was still a little divided between discs and domes and spheres and cosmic eggs; that was still a thousand years from measuring and weighing a planet. The Passionate Friends The limits of the world in the Homeric cosmography were surrounded by obscurity. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z Biography has, too, its place in this playing-card cosmography, though it has not many examples. The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 26, February 1893 An Illustrated Monthly In twelve whole figures the cosmography of the miniature world will be shown to you in the same manner as Ptolemy in his cosmography. Thoughts on Art and Life Vespucci was able to give theoretical instruction in cosmography; although a man who first went to sea when he was nearly fifty, and who had only made three voyages, could not be an experienced pilot. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z He alone of our group was familiar with astrogation and cosmography. The Long Voyage To him we owe the first serious exposition of the complete harmonic cosmography of Pythagoras. Astronomical Myths Based on Flammarions's History of the Heavens 2011-06-24T02:00:15.873Z I have applied myself to the study of works on cosmography, on history, and on philosophy. Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia being a concordance of choice tributes to the great Genoese, his grand discovery, and his greatness of mind and purpose "Tremendous is the word," answered the doctor; "but, to return to the Pole, no lesson on cosmography on this part of the globe could be more opportune, if it doesn't weary you." The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras He was established in Seville, but became tired of a mercantile life, and entered upon the study of cosmography and nautical subjects, with the desire of embracing a more glorious career. The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career 2011-08-02T02:00:24.457Z He gave much attention to the study of cosmography, and left to his family a number of drawings and writings on the subject of distances and measurements. Lives of the Most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Vol. 05 ( of 10) Andrea da Fiesole to Lorenzo Lotto In persuading men to furnish hard cash, for his commercial enterprise, as Colonel Higginson so neatly says, "an ounce of Vinland would have been worth a pound of cosmography." The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest III.—Distribution of Matter in Space A physical cosmography, or picture of the universe, should begin, not with the earth, but with the regions of space—the distribution of matter in the universe. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science The comet is the deus ex machina; whenever one comes to a difficult question in cosmography, a comet is lugged in. The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras The expeditions of Alexander, which were so influential in exciting ideas of the physical cosmography, first fanned the dispute on the uncertain influence of climate upon races of men. The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) He made Latin translations of Theodosius, Menelaus, Euclid, Apollonius, and Archimedes, and wrote on cosmography and other mathematical subjects. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I In the course of the reign of Justinian, we get references at first hand to India, and coupled withal to a general theory of cosmography. The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest He must also know geography, And the best works on photography, And the science of stenography, And be well up on cosmography, And the secrets of cryptography. A Book for All Readers An Aid to the Collection, Use, and Preservation of Books and the Formation of Public and Private Libraries The various cosmography of that part hath already varied the names contrived constellations; Nimrod is lost in Orion, and Osiris in the Dog-star. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to prose. Volume III (of X) - Great Britain and Ireland I He hath, as I hear, some understanding in astronomy and cosmography, and taketh pleasure in clocks that set forth the course of the planets. Memoirs of the Court of Queen Elizabeth He ransacked cosmography, astrology, alchemy, optics, the canon law, and the divinity of the schoolmen for ink-horn terms and similes. Brief History of English and American Literature Let there be no history you have not at your finger’s ends, and study thoroughly cosmography and geography. Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 The Professor of Astronomy was to teach astronomy, optics, navigation, and cosmography. Art in England Notes and Studies "But, your grace, M. de la Pérouse is with the king, discussing geography and cosmography; he will not get away too early." The Queen's Necklace We had arrived at a place which, if I had not possessed some knowledge of cosmography, by the negligence of the pilot would have finished the course of our lives. Amerigo Vespucci Burton never travelled, but the study of cosmography had been his constant delight; and over sea and land, north, east, west, south—in this enchanting chapter—he sends his vagrant fancy flying. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" The clear: is the crystalline or outermost heaven of the old cosmography. The Golden Treasury Of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language Bishop Lulla is to send a cosmography and a volume of poems. The Great Book-Collectors The sphere of the Moon, indeed with those of Mercury and of Venus, is held by Dante's cosmography to be within the shadow cast by the earth. Dante: "The Central Man of All the World" A Course of Lectures Delivered Before the Student Body of the New York State College for Teachers, Albany, 1919, 1920 He had ever in mind, however, the kind of education desired by his brother for Amerigo, which was to be commercial, and grounded him well in mathematics, languages, cosmography, and astronomy. Amerigo Vespucci He was an earnest student of navigation, of cosmography, and of books of travel; thus he thoroughly prepared himself for the great undertaking which led to the discovery of America. McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader As he had made up his mind to travel, he commenced to study cosmography and nautical matters; in fact, everything that was taught in the school for marines. The Waif of the "Cynthia" But now came stormy times for the Portuguese kingdom, and the troubles of the regency occupied the prince's attention to the exclusion of cosmography. The Life of Columbus In their number and in many other points of cosmography the various accounts differ greatly. Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 He could not then; but perhaps opportunity might yet offer, he thought, and so sent for his books, charts, and instruments, in order to perfect himself in cosmography and nautical science. Amerigo Vespucci Physical cosmography is founded on the contemplation of all created things — all that exists in space, whether as substances or forces — that is, all the material beings that constitute the universe. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 The lady's husband is an avocat; and every thing is taught by professors—cosmography and pedagogy, and other studies of which we never heard when I was a girl. The Doctor's Dilemma Such seemed my good Viking's theory of cosmography. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I The history of cosmography is compounded of natural history, civil history, and mathematics. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy I have, indeed, as your excellency observes, oftentimes disputed and argued with the venerable Toscanelli, and to him is due much of the little knowledge I have been able to acquire in cosmography and astronomy. Amerigo Vespucci A physical cosmography — a picture of the universe — does not begin, therefore, with the picture of the universe — does not begin, therefore, with the terrestrial, but with that which fills the regions of space. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 Sanskrit or translations from it, the Singhalese have preserved their principal treatises on physical science, cosmography, materia medica, and surgery. Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 Group 18, Maps and apparatus for geography, cosmography, topography. Final Report of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission This method has been followed by all the writers on cosmography. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century As, if I remember aright, your Excellency understands something of cosmography, I intend to describe to you our progress in our navigation by the latitude and longitude. Amerigo Vespucci Misunderstood popular knowledge, confounding cosmography with a mere encyclopedic enumeration of natural sciences. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 For we see spheres, globes, astrolabes, maps, and the like, have been provided as appurtenances to astronomy and cosmography, as well as books. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 Even if the author had the ancient ideas about cosmography generally, that would not prevent his being accurate about a limited region lying to the east of a well-known river in a populous country. Creation and Its Records Descartes would be delighted if he could read some trivial work on natural philosophy and cosmography written in the present day. Recollections of My Youth I hope to be able to demonstrate this by one of the tables of the new cosmography which it is my intention to write, if God gives me life. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Page 56-78 Subjects embraced by the study of the Cosmos or of physical cosmography. COSMOS: A Sketch of the Physical Description of the Universe, Vol. 1 He was the more confirmed in this opinion, as Ptolemy, in the 17th chapter of the first book of his cosmography, describes such canes as being found in India. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time The fifteenth and sixteenth centuries revolutionized cosmography, and altered the face of the physical world. English Literature: Modern Home University Library of Modern Knowledge The various cosmography of that part hath already varied the names of contrived constellations; Nimrod is lost in Orion, and Osyris in the Dog-star. Religio Medici, Hydriotaphia, and the Letter to a Friend The time has come, Most Holy Father, to philosophise a little, leaving cosmography to seek the causes of Nature's secrets. De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera Which is more consistent with a great religion, the cosmography of Cosmas or that of Isaac Newton? History of the Warfare of Science with Theology in Christendom The first falsehood is, that the admiral went to Lisbon to learn cosmography from a brother of his own who was settled in that place. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 03 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time In rabbinical cosmography the abyss is a region of Gehenna situated below the ocean bed and divided into three or seven parts imposed one above the other. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 Books of travel or cosmography, which the cure of the parish lent to him, posed on his table—unexpected in this house. Ramuntcho Let there be no history which thou shalt not have ready in thy memory; unto the prosecuting of which design, books of cosmography will be very conducible and help thee much. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 2 Seen as an all-seeing eye might observe, with all the emotional shading, the perspective of each act, the most commonplace household created by man and woman would be a wonderful cosmography. Together It may be said with general truth that the world-maps current up to the end of the 13th century had more analogy to the mythical cosmography of the Hindus than to any thing properly geographical. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 I would have him learn chemistry, mathematics, fencing, cosmography, swimming, drawing, but not composition—no, not composition. International Short Stories: French Him Soncino kept informed of all matters going on at London, and especially concerning matters of cosmography, to which the Duke was much devoted. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation He wishes Richard to study mathematics and cosmography, and read history, especially Sir Walter Raleigh’s. John Keble's Parishes Likewise to Rustichi, who will not be displeased, if he delight, as usual, in learning matters of cosmography. The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America In the Hindu cosmography these genuine features are symmetrised as in a kaleidoscope; in the European cartography they are squeezed together in a manner that one can only compare to a pig in brawn. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 In our knowledge of astronomy and cosmography we surpass the ancients. The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth As I know, if I remember right, that your excellency understands something of cosmography, I intend to describe to you our progress in our navigation, by the latitude and longitude. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 08 The Later Renaissance: from Gutenberg to the Reformation This particular group received from Kropotkin lessons in cosmography, geometry, physics, languages and bookbinding. Jailed for Freedom These references were intended to show the existence of the cosmography, which Tiraboschi afterwards mentions, giving, however, the first named eulogy as his authority. The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America Their cosmography was but an extension of the largely hypothetical geography of the tune. Divine Comedy, Norton's Translation, Hell It could not have been afterwards, as the cosmography describing it was written in 1544-5. The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America The particular description of Dagaghiano and Rustichi, both of Florence, the one as a man of experience and the other as a student of cosmography, was equally superfluous in speaking of them to his father. The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America |
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