Orthography, etymology, syntax, and prosody, biography, astronomy, geography as general cosmography, the sciences of compound proportion, algebra, land surveying and levelling, vocal music, and drawing from models, were all at the ends of his ten chilled fingers.
"Dickens As an Educator"
James L. (James Laughlin) Hughes
He wishes Richard to study mathematics and cosmography, and read history, especially Sir Walter Raleigh's.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
Of certain points of cosmography, as how and where the sea covereth the earth, and of divers strange regions and lands, and which way they lie; and of the new-found lands, and the manner of the people.
"A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I."
R. Dodsley