Anthropography

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Anthropography \An`thro*pog"ra*phy\, n. [Gr. 'a`nqrwpos 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]