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Antipodes : In Search of the Southern Continent
About this book
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 voyagesâvoyages both through the imagination and across the High Seasâin 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 continentâan imaginary landâbecame one of the shaping forces of early modern history. Includes 48 pages of b&w and colour images.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Cover Flaps
- Title Page
- Copyright and Imprint Information
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Preface: Imagining Geographies
- Introduction: What Exists Beyond
- 1. The World as Palimpsest
- 2. The Cartographersâ Southern Continent
- 3. Terra Australis Takes Shape
- 4. Mercatorâs Southern Continent and Theory of Equipoisure
- 5. Seeking Terra Australis
- 6. Dutch Discovery
- 7. Van Diemenâs Lands
- 8. Terra Australis Adrift
- 9. An Icy End
- 10. Mistaking Australia for Terra Australis
- Conclusion: The Power of Imaginative Geography
- Bibliography
- Index
- Back Cover