Antipodes In Search of the Southern Continent

Antipodes In Search of the Southern Continent

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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 vo...

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Main Author: Stallard, Avan Judd (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Clayton, Victoria, Australia Monash University Publishing 2016
Series:Australian History
Subjects:
Geographical discovery & exploration
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
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