Definition of Chorographer. Meaning of Chorographer. Synonyms of Chorographer

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Definition of Chorographer

Chorographer
Chorographer Cho*rog"ra*pher, n. 1. One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. ``The chorographers of Italy.' --Sir T. Browne. 2. A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.

Meaning of Chorographer from wikipedia

- Buildings Dwelling Houses Ware Houses Stables Courts Yards &c by John Rocque Chorographer to their Royal Highnesses The Late & Present Prince of Wales - 1756)...
- John Norden (c. 1547 – 1625) was an English cartographer, chorographer and antiquary. He planned (but did not complete) a series of county maps and accompanying...
- Erdeswicke (born c. 1535x1540; died 1603) was an English antiquary and chorographer. Sampson's father, Hugh Erdeswicke claimed descent from Richard de Vernon...
- The idea of the continents is geography and is presented as such. A chorographer in Ptolemy's view was the expert in a specific locality, such as a ship...
- Buildings Dwelling Houses Ware Houses Stables Courts Yards &c by John Rocque Chorographer to their Royal Highnesses The Late & Present Prince of Wales. 1756"....
- parishes reduc'd from the large plan in four sheets by John Rocque, chorographer to his Royal Highness the prince of Wales. Plan de la ville et faubourgs...
- Christopher Saxton and John Norden as cartographers, William Camden as chorographer (Britannia 1586), and upon Stow and other late chroniclers, in so vast...
- seals and church monuments. Many early modern antiquaries were also chorographers: that is to say, they recorded landscapes and monuments within regional...
- by the gatehouse commemorates the events. The noted cartographer and chorographer, John Norden produced a plan of the castle and its precincts in 1617...
- mapmakers Christopher Saxton and John Norden as "most skilfull (sic) Chorographers"; and Robert Plot in 1677 and Christopher Packe in 1743 both referred...