The mysterious Great Southland, or Terra Australis, captured the European imagination for centuries before it became a documented fact. This book traces the history of pictorial imagery associated with the search for the "Fifth Continent"--paintings, handcolored maps, drawings, etchings, tapestries and artifacts--which are discussed in the context of the link between art and exploration. Beautifully illustrated with Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch and English images, this book is an exciting visual account of the construction of Terra Australis in the European imagination and as scientific fact.
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"The Furthest Shore is a book I am glad to have, especially for its hard to come by illustrations and the excellent way in which Eisler shows different versions of sketches and drawings originally done on site and then copied, like de Bry's engravings of John White's drawings of Native Americans." Lydia Wevers, Utopian Studies
"For a variety of audiences, this will be an interesting book to read, as well as a beautiful volume to own." John T. McGrath, Sixteenth Century Journal
"For a variety of audiences, this will be an interesting book to read, as well as a beautiful volume to own." John T. McGrath, Sixteenth Century Journal
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The mysterious Great Southland, or Terra Australis, captured the European imagination for centuries before it became a documented fact. This book traces the history of pictorial imagery associated with the 'Fifth Continent'.The images associated with the search for the southern continent V paintings, handcolored maps, drawings, etchings, tapestries and artefacts V are discussed in the context of the link between art and exploration and science.Beautifully illustrated with Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch and English images, this book is an exciting visual account of the construction of Terra Australis in the European imagination and as scientific fact.
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The Americas loomed ever larger in the European imagination over the centuries but, by contrast, the gradual unveiling of the mist surrounding the southern continent produced an inverse effect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colour following page, austral continent, fifth continent, cartographic documents, southern world, scientific voyages, southern continent Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, New Holland, South Pacific, New Zealand, East Indies, Nicolaas Witsen, Isaac Gilsemans, Tierra del Fuego, The Hague, Mitchell Library, Antony Van Diemen, Cape of Good Hope, South America, Algemeen Rijksarchief, John White, Cape York, Cornelis de Bruijn, Diego Prado de Tovar, Johan Maurits, Bernard Smith, Marco Polo, Middle Ages, Torres Strait, William Hodges, Archivo General de Simancas New!
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The Americas loomed ever larger in the European imagination over the centuries but, by contrast, the gradual unveiling of the mist surrounding the southern continent produced an inverse effect. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
colour following page, austral continent, fifth continent, cartographic documents, southern world, scientific voyages, southern continent Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Guinea, New Holland, South Pacific, New Zealand, East Indies, Nicolaas Witsen, Isaac Gilsemans, Tierra del Fuego, The Hague, Mitchell Library, Antony Van Diemen, Cape of Good Hope, South America, Algemeen Rijksarchief, John White, Cape York, Cornelis de Bruijn, Diego Prado de Tovar, Johan Maurits, Bernard Smith, Marco Polo, Middle Ages, Torres Strait, William Hodges, Archivo General de Simancas New!
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- Terra Australis to Australia by Glyndwr Williams on 7 pages
- Terra Australis: The Furthest Shore by William Eisler on 6 pages
- European Vision and the South Pacific, Second Edition by Professor Bernard Smith on 5 pages
- Voyage to New Holland by William Dampier on 4 pages
- Sir Francis Drake by British Library in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Wrack: A Novel by James Bradley in Back Matter
- The Shame and the Sorrow: Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New Netherland (Early American Studies) by Donna Merwick in Back Matter
- The Philosophy of Utopia by Barbara Goodwin on page 104
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