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Author : Robert Clancy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Mapping of Terra Australis written by Robert Clancy and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to early printed maps of Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1876485922
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (764 download)
Download or read book Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2001 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in two-volumes in 1814, this is the enthralling account of the circumnavigation of Australia, by the man who gave our country its name. Edited and introduced by Tim Flannery, Terra Australisis a vital step toward a new understanding of our own history. Flinders tells of meeting and communicating with Aborigines, of the scrub and wilderness. His descriptions of the difficulties that he and his sailors faced still bristle with energy and immediacy two hundred years later. This is Flinders' story in his own words, neglected until now, but destined to be eagerly read by all.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book A Voyage to Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by . This book was released on 1814 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Glyndwr Williams
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Terra Australis to Australia written by Glyndwr Williams and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1988 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Europeans conceived of the southern continent from ancient times until the beginning of the 19th century, the charting of the coastline and the naming of Australia.
Author : Alfred Hiatt
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317139453
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (171 download)
Download or read book European Perceptions of Terra Australis written by Alfred Hiatt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-22 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Terra Australis - the southern land - was one of the most widespread concepts in European geography from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, although the notion of a land mass in the southern seas had been prevalent since classical antiquity. Despite this fact, there has been relatively little sustained scholarly work on European concepts of Terra Australis or the intellectual background to European voyages of discovery and exploration to Australia in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Through interdisciplinary scholarly contributions, ranging across history, the visual arts, literature and popular culture, this volume considers the continuities and discontinuities between the imagined space of Terra Australis and its subsequent manifestation. It will shed new light on familiar texts, people and events - such as the Dutch and French explorations of Australia, the Batavia shipwreck and the Baudin expedition - by setting them in unexpected contexts and alongside unfamiliar texts and people. The book will be of interest to, among others, intellectual and cultural historians, literary scholars, historians of cartography, the visual arts, women's and post-colonial studies.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781108018180
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (181 download)
Download or read book A Voyage to Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2010-08-26 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early nineteenth century, Australia remained largely uncharted, and doubt prevailed as to its unity as a continent. The 1801 expedition led by English mariner and cartographer Matthew Flinders (1774-1814), on board the Investigator, was groundbreaking in this respect. Flinders' charting of the Australian coastline provided the first complete map outlining the continent, and his influence was decisive in changing its name from Terra Australis to Australia - a term 'more agreeable to the ear'. Structured around daily geographical and astronomical observations, Flinders' journals are remarkable for their humanity and their sense of humour. Started in 1801, they continue to include Flinders' imprisonment by the French in the island of Mauritius between 1803 and 1810. They were first published in 1814, the day before Flinders' death. Volume 1 spans the first two years of the expedition and focuses on the discoveries made along the south coast of the continent.
Author : Jean Fornasiero
Publisher : Wakefield Press
ISBN 13 : 1862548749
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Encountering Terra Australis written by Jean Fornasiero and published by Wakefield Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Encountering Terra Australis traces the parallel lives and voyages of the explorers Flinders and Baudin, as they travelled to Australia and explored the coastline of mainland Australia and Tasmania. Unusually, the book takes its lead from the voyages of Baudin, rather than Flinders. Furthermore the authors have sourced original accounts including material which has never before been available in English. Extensively illustrated in colour and black and white.
Author : William Lawrence Eisler
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521392686
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (926 download)
Download or read book The Furthest Shore written by William Lawrence Eisler and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1995-06-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book traces the history of pictorial imagery associated with Terra Australis, showing the link between art and exploration.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3752361263
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (523 download)
Download or read book A Voyage To Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-07-28 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: A Voyage To Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (499 download)
Download or read book Terra Australis to Australia written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Miriam Estensen
Publisher : Allen & Unwin
ISBN 13 : 1741760860
Total Pages : 293 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (417 download)
Download or read book Terra Australis Incognita written by Miriam Estensen and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2006-10-01 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Vaes de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait and very possibly the first European to sight the east coast of Australia. Terra Australis Incognita focuses new light on the Spanish voyages of discovery that sailed from South America into the unknown south western Pacific in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Crossing the planet's largest ocean in small wooden ships with rudimentary navigation, these Spanish conquistadors were in search of the legendary Great South Land first imagined by the ancient Greeks. This is a story of passionate beliefs, of high hopes and catastrophic failures, of attempted colonies that ended in death and disaster, of violent confrontations and tentative friendship with indigenous people, of a fierce clash of cultures, and relentless ambition in search of the gold of King Solomon's Ophir. It is also the story of the visionary adventurer Quiros who planned a New Jerusalem in today's Vanuatu, the ruthless woman governor Dona Isabel, the Solomon Islander chief Bilebanarra who was a friend of the Spaniards and, of course, the great leader of men Luis Vaes de Torres. Terra Australis Incognita is a thoroughly researched, lucidly written and unique narrative on the little known history of the great Spanish explorations of the Pacific Ocean.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher : Text Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1921961015
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Terra Australis: Text Classics written by Matthew Flinders and published by Text Publishing. This book was released on 2012-04-26 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edited selection of his journals, Matthew Flinders, Australia’s greatest navigator and the man who named our island continent, describes in captivating detail his epic mission to map our shores between 1796 and 1803.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781020140419
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)
Download or read book A Voyage To Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book recounts the author's voyage to the Australian continent during the early 19th century, providing a vivid account of the geography, flora, fauna, and indigenous peoples of the region. The author's observations and illustrations are of great historical and scientific value, and the book is considered a classic of Australian literature and exploration. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780724365401
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (654 download)
Download or read book A Voyage to Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by . This book was released on 1989-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Barber
Publisher : National Library of Australia
ISBN 13 : 0642278091
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (422 download)
Download or read book Mapping Our World written by Peter Barber and published by National Library of Australia. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cover image, World Map by Fra Mauro c. 1450, is one of the most important and famous maps of all time. This monumental map of the world was created by the monk Fra Mauro in his monastery on the island of San Michele in the Venetian lagoon. Now the centrepiece of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in St Marc’s Square in Venice, the map in its nearly 600-year history has never left Venice – until now. Renowned for its sheer size - over 2.3 metres square - and stunning colours, the map was made at a time of transition between the medieval world view and new knowledge uncovered by the great voyages of discovery. Brilliantly painted and illuminated on sheets of oxhide, the sphere of the Earth is surrounded by the sphere of the Ocean in the ancient way. Yet Fra Mauro included the latest information on exploration by Portuguese and Arab navigators. Commissioned by King Afonso V of Portugal, it is the last of the great medieval world maps to inspire navigators in the Age of Discovery to explore beyond the Indian Ocean.
Author : James Cook
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Voyages of Discovery ... written by James Cook and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Flinders
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781849025669
Total Pages : 494 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (256 download)
Download or read book A Voyage to Terra Australis written by Matthew Flinders and published by . This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Matthew Flinders set out in 1801 to carry out a 'complete examination and survey' of the coast of New Holland, little did he know that he would be away for over ten years. Although he did not coin the term 'Australia' he keenly advocated its use, rather than the clumsy 'Terra Australis', and will always be associated with its adoption. As well as his meticulous surveys and maps, he made many observations on ship-board life, flora and fauna, and the appearance and customs of the native peoples he encountered. Volume 2 deals with the second half of his Australian survey, followed by his incarceration on Mauritius for over 6 years by the French, and his eventual release and return to England.
