Granville Allen Mawer

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Incognita: The Invention and Discovery of Terra AustralisPaperback, 20 April 2021

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Print Length
300 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Arden
Date Published
20 Apr 2021
ISBN-10
1925984451
ISBN-13
9781925984453

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The southern hemisphere is mainly land. So said medieval Europeans, raised on a heady brew of folklore, biblical revelation and geographical theory. It is how they imagined it. So powerful was the hold of this received wisdom that when geographical discoveries, however insignificant, were made in the southern oceans, they were greeted as evidence that the expected continental landmasses, rich and fertile, might at last have been found.

This predisposition was mercilessly exploited by writers with a view to propound or a barrow to push. The history of southern maritime exploration is therefore one of frustration, deception and self-deception, a process of eliminating the corners in which something bigger and better might still be hiding. This book tells the story of the inventors who sent the dream abroad and the discoverers who brought the reality home, sometimes in spite of themselves.

Product Details

Author:
Granville Allen Mawer
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
20 April 2021
Dimensions:
22.1 x 14.73 x 2.29 cm
ISBN-10:
1925984451
ISBN-13:
9781925984453
Language:
English
Pages:
300
Publisher:
Weight:
612.35 gm

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