Emily Dickinson Lexicon

COS-MOG'RA-PHY, n. [s as z. Gr. κοσμογραφια; κοσμος, the world, and γραφω, to describe.]

A description of the world or universe; or the art which teaches the construction of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition and relation of all its parts, and the manner of representing them on a plane. – Encyc.