A new book which may be of interest to members, especially those in Australia:

European Perceptions of Terra Australis

Edited by Anne M. Scott, University of Western Australia, Alfred Hiatt, Queen Mary, University of London, UK, Claire McIlroy, University of Western Australia, and Christopher Wortham, University of Western Australia.

Hardback, 334 pages, includes 52 b&w illustrations
ISBN: 978-1-4094-2605-9
RRP £65.00

Terra Australis, the southern land, was one of the most widespread concepts in European geography from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries, although the notion of a land mass in the Southern seas had been prevalent since classical Antiquity. Through interdisciplinary contributions, ranging across history, the visual arts, literature and popular culture, this volume considers the continuities and discontinuities between the imagined space of Terra Australis and its subsequent manifestation. It will be of interest to, among others, intellectual and cultural historians, literary scholars, historians of cartography, the visual arts, women’s and post-colonial studies.

For more information, including the contents page, bios of the editors, and to read an extract from European Perceptions of Terra Australis please visit the Ashgate web catalogue page: http://www.ashgate.com/isbn/9781409426059.

To order, please visit: www.ashgate.com. Please note that all online orders made via the Ashgate website receive a discount.