Anthropography

Anthropography
Anthropography An`thro*pog"ra*phy, n. [Gr. ? man + -graphy.] That branch of anthropology which treats of the actual distribution of the human race in its different divisions, as distinguished by physical character, language, institutions, and customs, in contradistinction to ethnography, which treats historically of the origin and filiation of races and nations. --P. Cyc. [1913 Webster]

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