The Furthest Shore: Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook

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William Eisler

The Furthest Shore

Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook

William Eisler

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Cambridge University Press
24 July 1995

Man-made objects depicted in art (cityscapes & machines); History; Australasian & Pacific history; Early history: c 500 to c 1450&1500

The unknown and mysterious Great Southland, or Terra Australis, captured the European imagination for centuries before it became a documented fact. This book traces the history of pictorial imagery associated with the 'Fifth Continent'. It discusses and presents imagery from all parts of the southern continent: Java, Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea, the South Pacific Islands and Tierra del Fuego as it evolved up to the Enlightenment. Many European explorers had a passionate interest in depicting the plants, animals and native inhabitants of the southern world.

The images associated with the search for the southern continent - paintings, handcolored maps, drawings, tapestries and artefacts - are discussed in the context of the link between art and exploration. Beautifully illustrated with Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch and English images, this book is an exciting visual account of the construction of Terra Australis in the European imagination and as scientific fact.

By: William Eisler
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 279mm, Width: 216mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9780521392686
ISBN 10: 0521392683
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 24 July 1995
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Furthest Shore: Images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook

The Furthest Shore is a book I am glad to have, especially for its hard to come by illustrations and the excellent way in which Eisler shows different versions of sketches and drawings originally done on site and then copied, like de Bry's engravings of John White's drawings of Native Americans. Lydia Wevers, Utopian Studies For a variety of audiences, this will be an interesting book to read, as well as a beautiful volume to own. John T. McGrath, Sixteenth Century Journal