it is a greco latin hybrid that came via France to get an English ending
carto a fanciful combining form of the latin word carta
which meant a leaf of paper or a card before it came to mean a map or a chart
plus graph from the greek graphein meaning to write or draw
caused the invention of cartographie in modern french
& so by 1859 cartography in English
& cartographer arose in English probably soon after that
another word for a mapmaker is a cartographer. :)
We will get the correct maps from the cartographer before we sail.
The Afrikaans word for a cartographer is "kaartmaker."Cartography is "kartograaf."
A cartographer helped draw out a map of the family's location
another word for a mapmaker is a cartographer. :)
Cartographer
The cartographer made sure to draw his map as accurately as possible.
Cartographer (?)
Another term for mapmaker is "cartographer".
A cartographer will draw maps using skills in art, science and technology.
Cartographer is the word for map-maker, so a sentence using it would be, "The cartographer sat down in the rough, oak chair, glancing at the half-drawn map of some small Irish town, thinking of anything but Ireland or maps."
A cartographer.