Antipodes : In Search of the Southern Continent
Stallard, Avan Judd
Antipodes : In Search of the Southern Continent - Clayton, Victoria, Australia Monash University Publishing 2016
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
oapen_628138 9781925377354
10.26530/oapen_628138 doi
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
Antipodes : In Search of the Southern Continent - Clayton, Victoria, Australia Monash University Publishing 2016
Open Access
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.
Creative Commons
English
oapen_628138 9781925377354
10.26530/oapen_628138 doi
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