Terra Australis - Wikipedia
WEBTerra Australis (Latin: 'Southern Land') was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries.
The Search for ‘Terra Australis’ - The National Archives
WEBThis continent, called ‘Terra Australis’ (Latin for ‘South Land’), had been theorised to exist for many centuries, even appearing on world maps. It was theorised to be very, very large –...
Terra Australis Incognita - Oxford Reference
WEBSep 15, 2024 · Overview. Terra Australis Incognita. Quick Reference. The name given to the great and unknown southern continent required by the classical Greek geographers, who knew that the earth was spherical, to balance the land mass which was known to exist north of the equator.
The Invention of Terra Australis Incognita | Mapping the Global ...
WEBFor two hundred years, the illusion of the Terra Australis Incognita nourished the fantasies not only of geographers, but also of politicians, explorers, conquistadors, as well as authors of extraordinary and utopian voyages.
Second voyage of James Cook - Wikipedia
WEBThe second voyage of James Cook, from 1772 to 1775, commissioned by the British government with advice from the Royal Society, [1] was designed to circumnavigate the globe as far south as possible to finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis.
The Mysterious Land That Kept the World From Tipping Over
WEBMar 13, 2024. -- The concept of Terra Australis has intrigued scholars, explorers, and the curious for centuries. Originating from a Greek hypothesis about Earth’s balance, this mysterious...
Terra Australis - Princeton University
WEBAn early seventeenth-century view of the undiscovered southern continent. With little or no evidence to confirm its existence, a vast southern continent (Terra Australis, “land of the south”) still figured prominently on European maps from …
The People's Court of Terra Australis
WEBThe People's Court of Terra Australis. For the people, by the people. Make your voice heard. Now is the time to take a stand. Our First Nations people are taking a stand to take our country back to its loreful occupation, we stand …
How 16th-Century European Mapmakers Described the World…
WEBOct 30, 2017 · Europeans were so certain that this continent existed that Australia, first spotted by Europeans in 1606, took its name from the Latin term for Terra Australis.
Terra Australis – Wikipedia, wolna encyklopedia
WEBTerra Australis (dokładniej Terra Australis Incognita, łac. „Nieznany Południowy Ląd”) – legendarny kontynent wymyślony przez rzymskiego kartografa Pomponiusza Melę [1]. Terrę Australis umieścił na swojej mapie Klaudiusz Ptolemeusz [2]. Marco Polo twierdził, że widział południowy ląd (nazwany Locac), obfitujący w złoto ...
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