The Resource Antipodes : in search of the southern continent, Avan Judd Stallard
Antipodes : in search of the southern continent, Avan Judd Stallard
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The item Antipodes : in search of the southern continent, Avan Judd Stallard represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
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- Summary
- Antipodes: In Search of the Southern Continent 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-said to be as large, rich and varied as all the northern lands combined. Antipodes charts these voyages-voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas-in 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 that didn't stop explorers pursuing the continent to its Antarctic obsolescence, 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 continent-an imaginary land-became one of the shaping forces of early modern history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages)
- Contents
-
- Imagining Geographies
- Introduction: What Exists Beyond
- Chapter One: The World as Palimpsest
- Chapter Two: The Cartographers' Southern Continent
- Chapter Three: Terra Australis Takes Shape
- Chapter Four: Mercator's Southern Continent and Theory of Equipoisure
- Chapter Five: Seeking Terra Australis
- Chapter Six: Dutch Discovery
- Chapter Seven: Van Diemen's Lands
- Chapter Eight: Terra Australis Adrift
- Chapter Nine: An Icy End
- Chapter Ten: Mistaking Australia for Terra Australis
- Conclusion: The Power of Imaginative Geography
- Isbn
- 9781925377330
- Label
- Antipodes : in search of the southern continent
- Title
- Antipodes
- Title remainder
- in search of the southern continent
- Statement of responsibility
- Avan Judd Stallard
- Subject
-
- Australia
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration | History
- Australien
- Discoveries in geography
- Discoveries in geography -- European | History
- Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
- Electronic books
- Entdeckung
- Explorers
- Explorers -- History -- 19th century
- Geographical discovery and exploration
- 1800-1899
- Geography, Ancient
- Geography, Ancient -- History
- History
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences | Geography
- SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
- TRAVEL -- Budget
- TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks
- TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
- TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds
- Geography
- Antarktika
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Antipodes: In Search of the Southern Continent 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-said to be as large, rich and varied as all the northern lands combined. Antipodes charts these voyages-voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas-in 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 that didn't stop explorers pursuing the continent to its Antarctic obsolescence, 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 continent-an imaginary land-became one of the shaping forces of early modern history
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stallard, Avan Judd
- Dewey number
- 910.9
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- G84
- LC item number
- .S735 2016eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Geography, Ancient
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Australia
- Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
- Geography
- Geographical discovery and exploration
- SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
- SCIENCE
- TRAVEL
- TRAVEL
- TRAVEL
- TRAVEL
- Discoveries in geography
- Explorers
- Geography, Ancient
- Australia
- Entdeckung
- Australien
- Antarktika
- Label
- Antipodes : in search of the southern continent, Avan Judd Stallard
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Imagining Geographies -- Introduction: What Exists Beyond -- Chapter One: The World as Palimpsest -- Chapter Two: The Cartographers' Southern Continent -- Chapter Three: Terra Australis Takes Shape -- Chapter Four: Mercator's Southern Continent and Theory of Equipoisure -- Chapter Five: Seeking Terra Australis -- Chapter Six: Dutch Discovery -- Chapter Seven: Van Diemen's Lands -- Chapter Eight: Terra Australis Adrift -- Chapter Nine: An Icy End -- Chapter Ten: Mistaking Australia for Terra Australis -- Conclusion: The Power of Imaginative Geography
- Control code
- 963937117
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781925377330
- Lccn
- 2017275515
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 100428
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)963937117
- Label
- Antipodes : in search of the southern continent, Avan Judd Stallard
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Imagining Geographies -- Introduction: What Exists Beyond -- Chapter One: The World as Palimpsest -- Chapter Two: The Cartographers' Southern Continent -- Chapter Three: Terra Australis Takes Shape -- Chapter Four: Mercator's Southern Continent and Theory of Equipoisure -- Chapter Five: Seeking Terra Australis -- Chapter Six: Dutch Discovery -- Chapter Seven: Van Diemen's Lands -- Chapter Eight: Terra Australis Adrift -- Chapter Nine: An Icy End -- Chapter Ten: Mistaking Australia for Terra Australis -- Conclusion: The Power of Imaginative Geography
- Control code
- 963937117
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xviii, 264 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781925377330
- Lccn
- 2017275515
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 100428
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)963937117
Subject
- Australia
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration | History
- Australien
- Discoveries in geography
- Discoveries in geography -- European | History
- Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning
- Electronic books
- Entdeckung
- Explorers
- Explorers -- History -- 19th century
- Geographical discovery and exploration
- 1800-1899
- Geography, Ancient
- Geography, Ancient -- History
- History
- SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences | Geography
- SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / Geography
- TRAVEL -- Budget
- TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks
- TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
- TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds
- Geography
- Antarktika
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