Early maps of the Australian continent

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Week 3:

Early maps of the Australian continent

Australian Studies

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Typus Orbis Terrarum, include the Terra Australis

Drawn by the cartographer Abraham Ortelius(1527-1598) around 1570.

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Terra Australis recenter inventa sed nondum plene cognita

(“Terra Australis, recently discovered but not yet fully known”).

Johannes Schöner, globe of 1533: southern hemisphere.

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"Terra Australis" in a map by Cornelius Wytfliet from 1597

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Rumold Mercator -

Atlas sive Cosmographicae Meditationes de Fabrica Mundi et Fabricati Figura (publ. 1595)

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Terra Australis Incognita (“unknown southern land”)

1657 map by Jan Janssonius.


By the third quarter of the sixteenth century, sets of the four continent maps were popular as wall maps in private houses as a ‘description of the world.

By the third quarter of the sixteenth century, sets of the four continent maps were popular as wall maps in private houses as a ‘description of the world.

Australian flag The hottest, the driest and the flattest continent. The only country that is a continent.

Australian flag The hottest, the driest and the flattest continent. The only country that is a continent.

REPRESENTING AND COMMEMORATING HISTORY · erected in memory of Burke and Wills, the Australian explorers. They died in 1861 while attempting to find a way across the Australian continent

REPRESENTING AND COMMEMORATING HISTORY · erected in memory of Burke and Wills, the Australian explorers. They died in 1861 while attempting to find a way across the Australian continent

The early names of Australia’s coastal regions · Australian continent ... Before the whole continent had been properly charted, a number of names on early maps designated large

The early names of Australia’s coastal regions · Australian continent ... Before the whole continent had been properly charted, a number of names on early maps designated large

The Cambrian System of Wyoming. 1.3-1.0 Ga Grenville orogen: Continent-continent collision Continent-continent collision of Laurentia with African and.

The Cambrian System of Wyoming. 1.3-1.0 Ga Grenville orogen: Continent-continent collision Continent-continent collision of Laurentia with African and.

The Australian Continent Geographical Dimensions of the Continent Origins of the Continent © Karen Devine 2010.

The Australian Continent Geographical Dimensions of the Continent Origins of the Continent © Karen Devine 2010.

Welcome to New Zealand. It’s a small country. It’s situated next to the Australian continent in the Oceania.

Welcome to New Zealand. It’s a small country. It’s situated next to the Australian continent in the Oceania.

ACTIVITIES - Collins Maps/World_in... · 2019-02-06 · 4 Continent game Name ..... Mapping the World Pages 4-5 Can I recognise continent shapes? 1. Find a partner to play this game.

ACTIVITIES - Collins Maps/World_in... · 2019-02-06 · 4 Continent game Name ..... Mapping the World Pages 4-5 Can I recognise continent shapes? 1. Find a partner to play this game.

World Regional Maps Coloring Book...Continent and Regional Maps Africa 12 Antarctic Region 16 Australia, Oceania 19 Australia 22 Central America and the Caribbean 24 Central America

World Regional Maps Coloring Book...Continent and Regional Maps Africa 12 Antarctic Region 16 Australia, Oceania 19 Australia 22 Central America and the Caribbean 24 Central America

ISSUE 36 2019 - Australian Antarctic Division · The Antarctic continent is huge, imposing and frightening, but it’s also one of the most fragile parts of the Earth. The Australian

ISSUE 36 2019 - Australian Antarctic Division · The Antarctic continent is huge, imposing and frightening, but it’s also one of the most fragile parts of the Earth. The Australian

There are 3 Types of Plate Boundaries Divergent Convergent: Ocean-Ocean Ocean-Continent Continent-Continent Transform.

There are 3 Types of Plate Boundaries Divergent Convergent: Ocean-Ocean Ocean-Continent Continent-Continent Transform.

Archives On The Quiet Continent: Australian archive practices explained for researchers

Archives On The Quiet Continent: Australian archive practices explained for researchers

Continent-Continent Collisions John Louie Geol 333 Spring 2001.

Continent-Continent Collisions John Louie Geol 333 Spring 2001.

FAUNA of AUSTRALIA - Department of the Environment · The fauna is now regarded as highly endemic, and characteristic not just of the Australian region but of the Australian continent.

FAUNA of AUSTRALIA - Department of the Environment · The fauna is now regarded as highly endemic, and characteristic not just of the Australian region but of the Australian continent.

TM-100 - Trakka Systemstrakkasystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Trakka... · SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Recording MISB0601 - Compliant Street Maps Included, Continent-Wide Satellite

TM-100 - Trakka Systemstrakkasystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Trakka... · SOFTWARE SPECIFICATIONS Recording MISB0601 - Compliant Street Maps Included, Continent-Wide Satellite

Water, history and the Australian city - Home Page - … · Water, history and the Australian city Urbanism, suburbanism and watering a dry continent, 1788-2015 Lionel Frost, Andrea

Water, history and the Australian city - Home Page - … · Water, history and the Australian city Urbanism, suburbanism and watering a dry continent, 1788-2015 Lionel Frost, Andrea

ANU PUBLICATIONS — FLOOD LOSS · 2020-01-30 · The maps and plans cover the Australian continent with a concentration on the eastern states. They would be even more popular with

ANU PUBLICATIONS — FLOOD LOSS · 2020-01-30 · The maps and plans cover the Australian continent with a concentration on the eastern states. They would be even more popular with

The Australian Continent

The Australian Continent

Strengthening the continent-to-continent dialogue on ...

Strengthening the continent-to-continent dialogue on ...

Portfolio of Maps. United States Maps Political Map of Continent with United States Shown.

Portfolio of Maps. United States Maps Political Map of Continent with United States Shown.