Cosmography

Geography.       Its likeness

Two woodcut illustrations side-by-side. On the left, a circular map of the world (mappa mundi) showing continents and seas. On the right, a profile portrait of a man's head and shoulders, illustrating the analogy between geography (the whole world) and the whole human head.

What Chorography is.

Chorography, however (as Werner says), which is also called Topography, considers certain particular places separately and by themselves, without comparing them to one another or to the entire circuit of the earth. For it indeed describes and treats all things, even the smallest details contained within them. Such as harbors, villages, populations, the courses of small streams, and whatever other things are neighboring them, such as buildings, houses, towers, walls, etc. Its goal, truly, is fulfilled in representing the likeness of a particular place; just as if a painter were to sketch and paint only an ear or an eye.

Chorography       Its likeness

Two woodcut illustrations side-by-side. On the left, a detailed landscape view (chorography) showing a castle on a hill, a bridge, trees, and a small house. On the right, two anatomical drawings: a human eye and a human ear, illustrating the analogy between chorography (a specific part of the world) and specific parts of the body.