Another is a cosmographer, a job that gets no respect. From Wordnik.com. [Review: The Path of Revenge by Russell Kirkpatrick] Reference
Don Quixote laughed at the interpretation Sancho put upon "computed," and the name of the cosmographer Ptolemy. From Wordnik.com. [Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7] Reference
The compilation of the history was then entrusted to Captain Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa, the cosmographer of Peru. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Incas] Reference
Making use of his European education, he functioned as a cosmographer as well as a missionary on this expedition. From Wordnik.com. [The indelible imprint of Father Kino (1644–1711)] Reference
Mathematician and cosmographer, b. at Perugia, Italy, 1537; d. at. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery] Reference
Your Majesty had Jaime Joan, a cosmographer, sent to this country. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 06 of 55 1583-1588 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
A great Lutheran cosmographer and magician was found among the dead. From Wordnik.com. [Great Epochs in American History, Vol. II The Planting Of The First Colonies: 1562—1733] Reference
Mathematician, astronomer, and cosmographer, b. at Florence in 1397. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
Ribeyro, cosmographer of the emperor Charles V, which was published, with. From Wordnik.com. [Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America] Reference
His discoveries were noted on the map of the cosmographer Diego Ribero (1529). From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 17 of 55 1609-1616 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Behaim, a most excellent cosmographer, which was in the possession of the king of Portugal. From Wordnik.com. [A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson] Reference
Jeannin had also repeated conferences on the same subject with the great cosmographer Plancius. From Wordnik.com. [PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete] Reference
The name Cosmas Indicopleustes seems merely to mean "the cosmographer who has sailed to India.". From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
Highness need a cosmographer so much as in that land, for many things that arise and may arise. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Mercator did cartographical work for Charles V and was cosmographer to the duke of Jülich and Cleves. From Wordnik.com. [infoplease - Daily Almanac] Reference
Cam in 1484, who erected a pillar in token of occupation, and with him was Martin Behaim the cosmographer. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss] Reference
Father Juan Sánchez, S.J., and the cosmographer, Enrique Martín (Martínez), were placed in charge of the work. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
The expedition also included Duarte Barbosa, Barbosa's nephew, the cosmographer Andrés de San Martín, and the Italian. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
He was cosmographer to the king, interpreter for the Inquisition, publisher, and distinguished in his career as an hydraulic engineer. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 16 [Supplement]] Reference
Ruiz de Contreras ordered that Licentiate Antonio Moreno, cosmographer, and Captain Juan Media, be summoned to confer with Pedro Miguel, alias. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 18 of 55 1617-1620 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century] Reference
Honduras voyage as consulting navigator, having been sent by the king, as he says, to "assist," in his capacity of astronomer and cosmographer. From Wordnik.com. [Amerigo Vespucci] Reference
He visited Portugal about 1480, invented a new kind of astrolabe, and sailed with it in 1484 as cosmographer in Diego Cam's voyage to the Congo. From Wordnik.com. [The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) with some account of Ancient America and the Spanish Conquest] Reference
The Sea of Kara appearing to them too difficult, they resolved, acting on the advice of the cosmographer Plancius, to try a new way by the north of Nova. From Wordnik.com. [Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World] Reference
This river appears, for the first time, by the name of Rio Dolce, on the celebrated map constructed in 1529 by Diego Ribeyro, cosmographer of the emperor. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 3] Reference
Father Antonio de Marchena, a cosmographer of some note, lived here, and in him the navigator discovered a man bent on the project of discovering a new world. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
She had so bright a face that Master Jacques Tribouillard, doctor in law and a renowned cosmographer, who was often a visitor at her house, was used to tell her. From Wordnik.com. [The Merrie Tales Of Jacques Tournebroche 1909] Reference
Urdaneta's experience will be very valuable "because of your knowledge of the products of that region, and as you understand its navigation, and are a good cosmographer.". From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 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] Reference
Waldseemüller, of Fribourg, an eminent cosmographer, patronized by René, duke of Lorraine; who no doubt put in his hands the letter received by him from Amerigo Vespucci. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)] Reference
"computed," and the name of the cosmographer Ptolemy, and said he. From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
A cosmographer, he offered to go with the fleet and to discover the return voyage. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Philippine Islands] Reference
Ptolemy, the greatest cosmographer known, we shall have travelled one – half when we come to the line I spoke of. ". From Wordnik.com. [Don Quixote] Reference
This latter possesses the most knowledge and experience of all those islands, and is the best and most accurate cosmographer in Nueva España. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 02 of 55 1521-1569 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] Reference
Philip III sent some Discalced Augustinians to the Philippine Islands where, as early as 1565, Fray Andrés de Urdaneta, the well-known navigator and cosmographer (cf. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability] Reference
Don Quixote laughed at the interpretation Sancho put upon "computed," and the name of the cosmographer Ptolemy, and said he, "Thou must know. From Wordnik.com. [The History of Don Quixote, Volume 2, Complete] Reference
Finally, he settled down as a cosmographer. From Wordnik.com. [The Spectator, Volume 1 Eighteenth-Century Periodical Essays] Reference
In this expedition Behem sailed as cosmographer. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)] Reference
1529 royal cosmographer. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip] Reference
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