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cartographer

[kahr-tog-ruh-fer] / kɑrˈtɒg rə fər /
NOUN
surveyor
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The rectangular map is based on the projection first described by Scottish cartographer James Gall in 1855.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

It urges member states to use the new map in place of the traditional Mercator projection, which was designed for maritime navigation by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026

While new to this particular series, Newton is a skilled cartographer of comedy-horror terrain as the star of “Freaky,” “Lisa Frankenstein,” and the directors’ previous film, “Abigail.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2026

When the cartographer James Cheshire stumbled into the room in University College London several years ago, he encountered less a resource for mapping the modern globe than “an epitaph of a world we once knew.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

“A cartographer draws the Delimitation of Boundaries in maps.”

From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago




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