land of the south") or Terra Australis Nondum Cognita ("the southern land not yet known"). Other names were Brasiliae Australis ("the southern Brazil")...
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The Governorate of Terra Australis or Governorate of Pedro Sancho de la Hoz was a Spanish Governorate of the Crown of Castile created in 1539 which was...
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A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and...
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territories on maps. Alternatively, 'terra incognita' may also refer to the hypothesized continent Terra Australis Incognita ("The unknown land of the...
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English) is derived from the Latin australis, meaning 'southern', and specifically from the hypothetical Terra Australis postulated in pre-modern geography...
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regarded as being "more agreeable to the ear" than previous names such as Terra Australis. Flinders was involved in several voyages of discovery between 1791...
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emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic...
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author Geoffrey Chaucer. Belief by Europeans in the existence of a Terra Australis—a vast continent in the far south of the globe to balance the northern...
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captain and explorer. The expedition he led to find the hypothetical Terra Australis in 1771 made important geographic discoveries in the south Indian Ocean...
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terrae on Venus Terra, a highland on the Moon (Luna) Terrestrial (disambiguation), things related to land or the planet Earth Terra Australis (southern land)...
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Peru. These discoveries led to successive expeditions in search for Terra Australis, both by Mendaña himself and by Pedro Fernandes de Queirós. However...
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Philippines and south-east China, later named the first Prefect Apostolic of Terra Australis. Vittorio Riccio was born in Fiesole, near Florence, in 1621. He joined...
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him aboard HMS Endeavour as guide on its voyage of exploration to Terra Australis Incognita. Tupaia travelled with Cook to New Zealand, acting as the...
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for the 1605–1606 expedition that crossed the Pacific in search of Terra Australis. Queirós (or Quirós as he signed) was born in Évora, Portugal in 1563...
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discovered by Europeans much later. They were associated instead with the Terra Australis that had been posited as a hypothetical southern continent. The Florentine...
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The southern coast of the Atlantic Ocean is most likely a version of Terra Australis. The map is visually distinct from European portolan charts, influenced...
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William Eisler and Bernard Smith, Terra Australis: The Furthest Shore, Sydney, International Cultural Corporation of Australis, 1988, pp. 67–84. Image at: home...
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finally determine whether there was any great southern landmass, or Terra Australis. On his first voyage, Cook had demonstrated by circumnavigating New...
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later. Both Australia and Antarctica were associated instead with the Terra Australis that had been posited as a hypothetical southern continent. In the...
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be applied in most European maps to the vaunted "Southern land" or Terra Australis even after its coastline was finally explored. The continent of Antarctica...
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The Terra Australis Orogen (TAO) was a late Neoproterozoic- to Paleozoic-age accretionary orogen that ringed the ancient, active southern margin of the...
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William Eisler and Bernard Smith, Terra Australis: The Furthest Shore, Sydney, International Cultural Corporation of Australis, 1988, pp.67–84, p.81. Kees Zandvliet...
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south Pacific for signs of the postulated rich southern continent of Terra Australis. Cook then sailed to New Zealand where he mapped the complete coastline...
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Kingdom. Historical claims to Antarctica Spanish Empire 1539–1555 Terra Australis 1539–1555 France 1840–present Adélie Land 1840–present United Kingdom...
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the 5th century on maps by Macrobius, who uses the term Australis on his maps. Terra Australis, a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity, appeared...
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William Eisler and Bernard Smith, Terra Australis: The Furthest Shore, Sydney, International Cultural Corporation of Australis, 1988, pp. 67–84. Image at: home...
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Poor Fellow My Country is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author Xavier Herbert. At 1,463 pages, it is the longest Australian work of...
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Tierra del Fuego (redirect from Terra del fuogo)
Fuego was one or more islands rather than part of what was then called Terra Australis. Francis Drake in 1578 and a Dutch East India Company expedition in...
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(eds.). New Perspectives in Southeast Asian and Pacific Prehistory. terra australis. Vol. 45. ANU Press. pp. 201–212. doi:10.22459/TA45.03.2017.11....
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