Ever since classical times, when men first imagined a great continent in the southern hemisphere, the idea of Terra Australia has kept a strong hold on the European imagination. This superbly illustrated volume--featuring 60 color and 100 black-and-white plates--provides a comprehensive history of those various ideas, from earliest times to the present day. In an informative introductory chapter, the editors set out the various theories and speculations that have been floated over the centuries; and successive chapters ...
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Ever since classical times, when men first imagined a great continent in the southern hemisphere, the idea of Terra Australia has kept a strong hold on the European imagination. This superbly illustrated volume--featuring 60 color and 100 black-and-white plates--provides a comprehensive history of those various ideas, from earliest times to the present day. In an informative introductory chapter, the editors set out the various theories and speculations that have been floated over the centuries; and successive chapters describe the expeditions and discoveries accomplished by the British, Portuguese, and Dutch. The Dieppe maps, which mark the continent as a Portuguese discovey, are reproduced in their entirety for the first time. Two final chapters cover the exploration of New South Wales and the gradual emergence of an overall picture of the entire continent. Filled with fascinating charts and maps, this magificent volume will delight anyone interested in the great sea explorers or the history of ideas.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 4to. xvii, 242pp, index, notes, bw & col ills, maps. Or cream cloth in jacket. Near new. The story of how Europeans conceived of the southern continent from ancient times to the 19th century. Surveys classical, medieval, and renaissance ideas and speculations about the supposed vast Terra Australia. Discusses the Dieppe maps, notable for their beauty and the mystery over whether Java la Grande reflects an early Portuguese discovery of the real continent. Also looks at discoveries by the Dutch (both purposeful and accidental); the English and French voyages culminating in Cook's charting of the east coast; the colonization of NSW and its exploration; and finally the delineation of the continent and its being named Australia.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. pp. 242, "idea of Terra Australia has kept a strong hold on the European imagination. This superbly illustrated volume--featuring 60 color and 100 black-and-white plates--provides a comprehensive history of those various ideas, from earliest times to the present day. In an informative introductory chapter, the editors set out the various theories and speculations that have… Larger 8vo.
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Good in Good jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. xvii, 242pp., index, notes, ill., maps. Ex-library copy with usual library flaws (cello-wrapped DJ., card pocket, stamps, call label, bar coded), but minimally circulated, clean, solid, sound, almost crisp copy. A history of the geographical development of Australia as revealed by successive explorers from the 17th through to the 19th centuries.
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Fine. 1st Edition. 242pp. Small quarto with black and white and colour illustrations. fine Describes the various stages of european discovery of the southern continent, including their impact on the Aborigines. Extensive illustration and the competence of the text make this work one of the most compehensive accounts of the European discovery of Australia.
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As new. 242pp. Small quarto with black and white and colour illustrations. Signed by both editors on title page. as new Describes the various stages of european discovery of the southern continent, including their impact on the Aborigines. Extensive illustration and the competence of the text make this work one of the most compehensive accounts of the European discovery of Australia.
