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  • noun The creation of charts and maps based on the layout of a territory's geography.

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Examples

  • (“No, indeed!” from all parts of the hall.) “This attempt, should it succeed” (“It will succeed!”), “will complete and link together the notions, as yet disjointed, which the world entertains of African cartology” (vehement applause); “and, should it fail, it will, at least, remain on record as one of the most daring conceptions of human genius!”

    Five Weeks in a Balloon 2003

  • "So ... if you're not into cartology, are you really a doctor of medici neT"

    Bush Doctor's Bride Lennox, Marion 1996

  • Lavished with a dark wood bureau set on a curvaceous chrome base, carved wooden elephants and antique cartology globes, it's atmospheric to the max.

    Thestar.com - Home Page Colin 2011

  • Two published letters attributed to the Florentine Amerigo Vespucci tell of a staggering new work of cartology: the

    USC Interactive Media Division Joe Osborn 2010

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