Great Southern Land. The Maritime Exploration of Terra Australis

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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’.