car‧tog‧ra‧phy /kɑːˈtɒɡrəfi $ kɑːrˈtɑː-/
noun [uncountable][
Date: 1800-1900;
Language: French;
Origin: cartographie, from carte 'card, map' + -graphie '-graphy']
the activity of making maps
—cartographer noun [countable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲