The detailed description and mapping of a specific place or region, combining geography, cartography, and narrative writing.
From Greek 'choros' (place/region) and 'graphia' (writing/description). The practice flourished especially during the Renaissance when scholars began creating comprehensive regional studies of specific areas.
Chorography was the Renaissance obsession with knowing every detail of a place—the architecture, the streets, the walls, the people—making it a unique hybrid of map, guide book, and historical text all in one!
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