Terra Australis, often referred to as the "Southern Land," has captivated explorers and geographers for centuries with its ...

From Atlantis to Terra Australis, history is full of maps showing continents that never existed. These aren’t fantasy—they were once accepted as fact.

In one sentence, a term was born, our famed preposition, since etched by song and Euro-centric maps: Down Under. Terra Australis. Home.

Antarctica as a Strange and Unknown Frontier Since antiquity, Greek and Roman geographers speculated about the existence of a vast land at the southernmost point of the world, a territory they called ...

Also this map represents the earliest cartographic record of Columbus’s oceanic voyages and is among the earliest works showing Terra Australis, and the first map to depict its unique fauna.

An article on the origin of Australia explains that Australis in Latins means 'southern', derived from the Latin word "auster" (southern wind). Mathew Flinders, an English explorer, was the first who ...

The first continent to be named after its discoverer was Australia, which was originally called Terra Australis Incognita (“Unknown Southern Land”).

He passes Young Nick on the deck. The boy’s going one way and Lieutenant James Cook is going the other: towards his destiny, towards Terra Australis Incognita, towards immortality.

On 3 January 2014 the passengers on the Russian research vessel were flown out with a helicopter from the Xue Long to the Australian icebreaker Aurora Australis, which awaited them in open water. The ...

Around 1,000 of the Terra Australis maps were published but many are now lost and destroyed. The remaining copies are mostly with museums and important libraries.

Maps and books dating back to the 15th century that illuminate the search for and discovery of the southern continent are on sale in Sydney. A collector, who does not want to be named, is selling ...

A collection of rare books on the mythical great southern land of Terra Australis have been put up for sale in Sydney. Hordern House bookstore is selling the 127 European maps and books, including ...