Title The furthest shore : images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook / William Eisler

Published Cambridge ; Melbourne : Cambridge University Press, 1995

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Description xi, 180 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 29 cm Contents A Chronology of the Southland -- 1. Introduction -- I. The Invention of a Southern Continent. 2. Terra Australis in Antiquity and the Middle Ages. 3. Terra Australis in the Early Renaissance. 4. Java la Grande and Magellanica. 5. The Spanish Vision of the Austral World: Mendana, Quiros, Torres. 6. Exotica in Sixteenth-Century Spain. 7. Art, Science and Exploration in Elizabethan England -- II. The Southern World in the Age of Dutch Expansion: 1606-1756. 8. The Dutch Image of the Southland. 9. Dutch Australian Expeditions: 1606-36. 10. Antony van Diemen and the Great Southland: 1636-45. 11. Art and the Dutch Trading Companies. 12. The Great Southland and the Republic of Letters: Nicolaas Witsen and his Kunstkammer. 13. Epilogue: Dutch Images of the Southland and the Voyage of the Endeavour -- 14. Conclusion Summary History of European pictorial images - paintings, maps, drawings, engravings, tapestries and artefacts - associated with the search for the southern continent; images from Java, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, South Pacific and Tierra del Fuego; images discussed in the context of the link between art, exploration and science; changes in iconography reflect view of continent as a paradise to that of an inferno Analysis Graphic arts Special subjects Voyages Oceania Art Cultural anthropology Description and travel Maps and atlases Natural resources Notes "The central thesis of this book was formulated in 1986-88, during the intensive planning stages of the Australian Bicentennial exhibition 'Terra Australis', ...curated for the Art Gallery of New South Wales" -- preface Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [157]-175) and index Subject SC Reconciliation Group Art and science. Art -- Psychological aspects. Art -- Psychology. Australia in art Graphic arts -- Europe -- History -- 17th century. Graphic arts -- Europe -- History -- 18th century. Graphic arts -- Europe -- History -- 16th century. Graphic arts -- Europe -- History. Pacific Area in art Pacific area in art Travel in art. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- In art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011412 Oceania http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85093910 -- In art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011412 Pacific Area http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85096445 -- In art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011412 Australasia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009573 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 Australia in art Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- In art. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011411 Australia -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009579 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Pictorial works http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003655 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Pictorial works. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Historical geography -- Maps. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006045 Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Pictorial works http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272 -- Exhibitions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003003655 Oceania -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008116418 Pacific Area in art Genre/Form Maps. Illustrated works. Art. Catalogs. LC no. 94004178 ISBN 0521392683

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