Great Southern Land. The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis

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Great Southern Land. The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis

Name: Great Southern Land. The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis
SKU: 23044
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Author: Michael Pearson

Publisher: The Australian Government Department of the Environment and Heritage, Canberra.

Year: 2005

Size: 30.5 x 21.6 cm

1 in stock

SKU: 23044 Category: Modern Books [Other Countries] Tags: Australia 9, Cartography 10, Exploration 4, History 5, Navigation 2, Voyage 8

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155pp., hardbound with coloured dust-jacket, with texts and numerous black & white and coloured illustrations. ISBN: 0642551855.

Great Southern Land: The maritime exploration of Terra Australis’ looks at the European definition and understanding of Australia as a continent through the exploration, study and charting of its coasts. The story includes the separation of an Australian continent from Terra Australis Incognita’; the unfolding of the geography of the continental edge, and the conceptual change from ‘the Great Southland’ to ‘Australia’.