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oapen-20.500.12657-314342021-11-04T14:15:14Z Antipodes Stallard, Avan Judd History Antipodes ancient geography southern exploration geographical exploration exploration by sea discoveries in geography discovery of Australia cartography historical cartography imaginative cartography southern continent Cosmography Terra Australis bic Book Industry Communication::R Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning::RG Geography::RGR Geographical discovery & exploration This book is a new history of an ancient geography. It reassesses the evidence for why Europeans believed a massive southern continent existed, and why they advocated for its discovery. When ships were equal to ambitions, explorers set out to find and claim Terra Australis. Antipodes charts these voyages—voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas—in pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis. In doing so, the question is asked: how could so many fail to see the realities they encountered? And how is it a mythical land held the gaze of an era famed for breaking free the shackles of superstition? That Terra Australis did not exist didn’t stop explorers pursuing the continent, unwilling to abandon the promise of such a rich and magnificent land till it was stripped of every ounce of value it had ever promised. In the process, the southern continent—an imaginary land—became one of the shaping forces of early modern history. Includes 48 pages of b&w and colour images. 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-01-27 14:16:22 2020-04-01T13:35:06Z 2020-04-01T13:35:06Z 2016 book 628138 OCN: 963937117 9781925377354 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31434 eng Australian History application/pdf n/a 628138.pdf Monash University Publishing 10.26530/oapen_628138 100428 10.26530/oapen_628138 ca6f5f25-1581-4668-a187-8ddef959496d b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781925377354 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) Clayton, Victoria, Australia 100428 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Knowledge Unlatched open access
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This book is a new history of an ancient geography. It reassesses the evidence for why Europeans believed a massive southern continent existed, and why they advocated for its discovery. When ships were equal to ambitions, explorers set out to find and claim Terra Australis. Antipodes charts these voyages—voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas—in pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis. In doing so, the question is asked: how could so many fail to see the realities they encountered? And how is it a mythical land held the gaze of an era famed for breaking free the shackles of superstition? That Terra Australis did not exist didn’t stop explorers pursuing the continent, unwilling to abandon the promise of such a rich and magnificent land till it was stripped of every ounce of value it had ever promised. In the process, the southern continent—an imaginary land—became one of the shaping forces of early modern history. Includes 48 pages of b&w and colour images.
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