Terra Australis
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Terra Australis was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries. Its existence was not based on any survey or direct observation,
Western hemisphere of the Johannes Schöner globe from 1520
Guillaume Le Testu's 1556 Cosmographie Universel, 4me projection, where the northward extending promontory of the Terre australle is called Grande Jaue
Tabula geographica Regni Chile from 1646 depicts Terra Australis Incognita to the east of Tierra del Fuego.
History of Antarctica
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The history of Antarctica emerges from early Western theories of a vast continent, known as Terra Australis, believed to exist in the far south of the globe. The term Antarctic, referring to the oppos
Terra Australis
…Governorate of Terra Australis History of Antarctica Spanish colonization attempt of the Strait of Magellan…
Painting of James Weddell's second expedition, depicting the brig Jane and the cutter Beaufoy
Admiral Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen was one of the first to spot the continent of Antarctica.
The Canadian-born oceanographer Dr John Murray was the driving force behind the renewal of interest in Antarctic exploration at the beginning of the 20th century.
Adrien de Gerlache, leader of the Belgian expedition