Ever since classical times, when men first imagined a great continent in the southern hemisphere, the idea of Terra Australis has kept a firm hold on European imaginations. This volume gives a comprehensive history of the various theories and speculations that occupied the minds of Europeans, and describes the expeditions and discoveries achieved by British, Portuguese and Dutch explorers. The Dieppe maps, which first marked the continent of Australia as a Portuguese discovery, are reproduced in their entirety for the first time. Two final chapters cover the reality of New South Wales and the emergence of the continent.
- ISBN10 0195549082
- ISBN13 9780195549089
- Publish Date 15 August 1988
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 15 May 2000
- Publish Country AU
- Publisher Oxford University Press Australia
- Imprint OUP Australia and New Zealand
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 260
- Language English