Antipodes
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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| author | Stallard, Avan Judd |
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| description | 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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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-288392025-07-30T12:02:29Z 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 thema EDItEUR::R Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning::RG Geography::RGR Geographical discovery and 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. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2017-03-01 23:55:55 2020-01-27 14:16:22 2020-04-01T13:35:06Z 2016 book 628138 OCN: 963937117 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/31434 9781925377354 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/28839 eng Australian History open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31434/1/628138.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31434/1/628138.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31434/1/628138.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31434/1/628138.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/31434/1/628138.pdf Monash University Publishing 10.26530/oapen_628138 10.26530/oapen_628138 88c90625-3202-44f9-8d25-67aa2e2f5449 Knowledge Unlatched b818ba9d-2dd9-4fd7-a364-7f305aef7ee9 9781925377354 Knowledge Unlatched (KU) KU Select 2016 Front List Collection Clayton, Victoria, Australia 100428 KU Select 2016 Front List Collection open access |
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