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In another Amsterdam photo, a pair of identical world globes, recalling Ghirri’s passion for cartography and atlases, rest on matching supports to conjure that oldest of surrealist tropes, a pair of staring eyes.—James Quandt, Artforum, 2 June 2026 The start of the novel finds the family’s patriarch, Tomás, on the Irish peninsula with his son, Liam, engaged in a cartography expedition that is part of the greater Ordnance Survey of 1865 project.—Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026 Rosas specialized on technical skills; Calderon provided analytical and communication skills; and Vasquez shared his cartography knowledge.—Richard J. Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026 For decades, seabed cartography was a scientific backwater.—Natalie Sum Yue Chung, Fortune, 3 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for cartography
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Etymology
French cartographie, from carte card, map + -graphie -graphy — more at card entry 1