The furthest shore : images of Terra Australis from the Middle Ages to Captain Cook
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1995. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #476448
ISBN: 0521392683
Physical description; xi, 180 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour) ; 29 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-175) and index. Contents; A Chronology of the Southland – Introduction – Terra Australis in Antiquity and the Middle Ages – Terra Australis in the Early Renaissance – Java la Grande and Magellanica – The Spanish Vision of the Austral World: Mendana, Quiros, Torres – Exotica in Sixteenth-Century Spain – Art, Science and Exploration in Elizabethan England – The Dutch Image of the Southland – Dutch Australian Expeditions: 1606-36 – Antony van Diemen and the Great Southland: 1636-45 – Art and the Dutch Trading Companies – The Great Southland and the Republic of Letters: Nicolaas Witsen and his Kunstkammer – Epilogue: Dutch Images of the Southland and the Voyage of the Endeavour – Conclusion. Subjects; Australia – Discovery and exploration – Pictorial works. Australasia – Discovery and exploration. Voyages and travels in art. Graphic arts – Europe – History. Terra Australis.
Price: €48.95