Terra Australis to Australia

by Alan Frost and Glyndwr Williams

Ever since classical times, when men first imagined a great continent in the southern hemisphere, the idea of Terra Australia has kept a strong hold on the European imagination. This superbly illustrated volume--featuring 60 color and 100 black-and-white plates--provides a comprehensive history of those various ideas, from earliest times to the present day.
In an informative introductory chapter, the editors set out the various theories and speculations...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195549082
• ISBN13: 9780195549089
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 2.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.8" x 10.4"