Author: Father Victorio RiccioPublisher:
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Languages : en
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Map of Terra Australis 1676
Author: Father Victorio RiccioThe Mapping of Terra Australis
Author: Robert ClancyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A guide to early printed maps of Australia, Antarctica and the South Pacific.
Mapping Our World
Author: Peter BarberPublisher: National Library of Australia
ISBN: 0642278091
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
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.
Australia in Old Maps, 820 to 1770
Author: Eric B. WhitehousePublisher:
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
This collection of reproductions of old maps provides detailed annotations for each map, and information about the author's search for maps in various parts of the world. Presents a case for re-examining the accepted versions of the discovery of Australia. Includes a timeline of ancient documents and an index.
European Perceptions of Terra Australis
Author: Alfred HiattPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317139453
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
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.
Terra Australis Maps & Prints Pty Ltd
Author: Australian Maps
Author: General Chart of Terra Australis Or Australia
Author: Matthew FlindersThe Italians in Australia
Author: Gianfranco CrescianiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521537780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
This 2003 book brings to life the important story of the Italo-Australian community.
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