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  Terra Australis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Terra Australis is the large continent on the bottom of the map
The idea of Terra Australis was finally corrected by James Cook.
In modern times, the term 'Terra Australis' has come to be synonymous with the continent of Australia.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terra_Australis   (322 words)

  
 Galapagos Holidays - Terra Australis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Terra Australis leaves the port of Punta Arenas in the late afternoon, navigating the Strait of Magellan and heading towards the fabled Tierra del Fuego and Navarino island.
In the early hours of the morning, the Terra Australis sets sail in the north side of the Beagle Channel, arriving to the port of Ushuaia in the Tierra del Fuego.
The Terra Australis navigates through the Beagle Channel and the Garibaldi Sound, a perfect venue for viewing the natural majesty of the glaciers and the Darwin Mountain Range.
www.galapagosholidays.com /chile/terraaustralis.htm   (427 words)

  
 Queirós (1970) Terra Australis incognita: Or, A new southerne discoverie   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Queirós (1970) Terra Australis incognita: Or, A new southerne discoverie
Terra Australis incognita: Or, A new southerne discoverie
Known as the explorer's "Eighth memorial" 1606, in the series of 50 he is said to have prepared after his return.
www.getcited.org /pub/101286990   (65 words)

  
 Terra Australis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Terra Australis:Where Australia would be, there are a countless number of frozen islands, many of which hide the secrets behind the strange invasion.
In this case, Terra Australis and The Bastion will likely remain the same, but you will need to invent (or pull from history) a new global organization and their leader.
That, and you're the only chance against the gibbering unnameable things and their wretched minions; unleashed when Terra Australis split into a million islands, prompting the World Royal Society's formation, and the judicious alliance among the civilized world to quell the assault on humankind.
www.harlekin-maus.com /games/terra_australis/terra_australis.html   (5056 words)

  
 Terra Australis - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Terra Australis
Historic name for a vast continent that was commonly believed to lie beyond the ocean of the southern hemisphere, as a counterpart to the land masses of Europe, Asia, and Africa.
The belief was held by the geographers of antiquity and the Middle Ages, and was only finally exploded by Captain James Cook in the late 18th century.
As late as the 16th century, Terra Australis Incognita was believed to stretch in a solid mass as far north as Tierra del Fuego.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Terra+Australis   (190 words)

  
 The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume II
The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume II Project Gutenberg's A Voyage to Terra Australis Volume 2, by Matthew Flinders This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever.
General Chart of TERRA AUSTRALIS and the neighbouring lands, from latitude 7° to 44½° south, and longitude 102° to 165° east.
About their fire places were usually scattered the shells of large crabs, the bones of turtle, and the remains of a parsnip-like root, apparently of fern; and once the bones of a porpoise were found; besides these, they doubtless procure fish, and wild ducks were seen in their possession.
www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/3/1/2/13121/13121-h/13121-h.htm   (17278 words)

  
 Terra Australis - Learn / Study Spanish in Chile South America
Terra Australis is preparing an amazing weekend in the Elqui Valley...
Terra AustralisTerra Australis is now offering courses in Argentina, 3 locations to go: Buenos Aires, Córdoba y Bariloche.
In Terra Australis we teach world-class Spanish, in a comfortable, pleasant and charming environment.
www.ensurespanish.com   (661 words)

  
 Mare Australis & Via Australis
Cape Horn is a natural sea wall almost 425 metres high that was discovered on 30 January, 1616 by a commercial expedition from the Netherlands and owes its name to the Port of Hoorn from which the expedition originated on 14 June, 1615.
Cruises with MV Mare Australis are 4 Nights (Sat/Wed from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia), 3 Nights (Wed/Sat from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas) and 7 Nights (Sat/Sat from Punta Arenas back to Punta Arenas and Wed/Wed from Ushuaia back to Ushuaia).
Cruises with MV Via Australis (start November 2005) are 4 Nights (Sat/Wed from Ushuaia to Punta Arenas), 3 Nights (Wed/Sat from Punta Arenas to Ushuaia) and 7 Nights (Sat/Sat from Ushuaia back to Ushuaia and Wed/Wed from Punta Arenas back to Punta Arenas).
www.latinamerica.co.uk /terraaus.htm   (1005 words)

  
 History of AUSTRALIA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The discovery of the Solomon Islands by a Spanish vessel in 1568 prompts interest in a so-called Terra Australis Incognita ('unknown southern land').
He chooses for the purpose an experienced navigator, Abel Tasman, who is instructed to sail far south in the Indian Ocean and then to strike east, hoping to discover whether there is an open passage to South America.
Sailing northeast along the coast of both South and North Island, he concludes that this must be the northwest corner of Terra Australis.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid=ab95   (843 words)

  
 A Voyage to Terra Australis, by Matthew Flinders   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
A Voyage to Terra Australis, by Matthew Flinders
CHAPTER XI Of the winds and currents on the south coast of Terra Australis, and in Bass’ Strait.  Usual progress of the gales.  Proper seasons for sailing eastward, and for going westward:  best places of shelter in each case, with some instructions for the Strait.
LUIS VAES DE TORRES, a Spanish navigator, was the next person who saw Terra Australis; and it is remarkable, that it was near the same place, and in the same year; and that he had as little knowledge of the nature of his discovery, as had the Duyfhen.
www.sakoman.net /pg/html/12929.htm   (4497 words)

  
 Australia Dancing - Terra Australis (1946 - )
Peggy Sager, Martin Rubinstein and Vassilie Trunoff in 'Terra Australis', Borovansky Ballet, 1946
Terra Australis was restaged by the Borovansky Ballet in 1947 when Kathleen Gorham danced the role of the Spirit of Australia.
For a further discussion of Terra Australis and its creation see 'Terra Australis' in National Library of Australia News, October 2003.
www.australiadancing.org /subjects/142.html   (235 words)

  
 MP3.com.au - Australia's most popular Music Service Provider   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The Terras have a sound and spirit all of their own.
Winners of the Australian National Battle Of The Bushbands at Tamworth 2002, TERRA AUSTRALIS are surely Australia’s friendliest, good-timin’, larrikin band.
Now in their 3rd year together, The Terras (as they are affectionately known), are regarded as one of the finest exponents of both traditional and unique Australian Music.
www.mp3.com.au /artist.asp?id=8667   (217 words)

  
 Wakefield Press – Encountering Terra Australis
‘Encountering Terra Australis was a strong winner with an ideal match of content to style.’
Encountering Terra Australis traces the parallel lives and voyages of the explorers Flinders and Baudin, as they travelled to Australia and explored the coastline of mainland Australia and Tasmania.
‘[Encountering Terra Australis] is also simply a joy to handle and browse, containing a dazzling breadth of colour and fl-and-white reproductions.
www.wakefieldpress.com.au /books/encounteringterra.html   (257 words)

  
 Del Inca Travel - Cruise Terra Australis   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
On board the M/V Terra Australis we will cruise the most virgin and magical region of the American continent.
Enjoy a magnificent cruise through the Straits of Magallanes and the Beagle Canal around the island of Tierra de Fuego.
You will see the most unexplored places in Austral America that the discoverers called Finis Terrae (end of the world).
www.delincatravel.cl /teraustral.htm   (78 words)

  
 History of GEOGRAPHY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Cook first mission is to sail to Tahiti, set up a telescope for this purpose and take the necessary readings.
He is to continue the search for the supposed southern land, Terra Australis, and he is to chart the coast of the known territory of New Zealand.
He has among his passengers scientists of another discipline.
www.historyworld.net /wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?groupid=2488&HistoryID=ac23   (1402 words)

  
 Find in a Library: Terra Australis to Australia
Find in a Library: Terra Australis to Australia
Publisher: Melbourne : Oxford University Press in association with the Australian Academy of the Humanities, 1988.
WorldCat is provided by OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. on behalf of its member libraries.
worldcatlibraries.org /wcpa/ow/9035407018526a47a19afeb4da09e526.html   (59 words)

  
 A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Matthew Flinders - Project Gutenberg
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Matthew Flinders - Project Gutenberg
A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1 by Matthew Flinders
If you live elsewhere check the laws of your country before downloading this ebook.
www.gutenberg.org /etext/12929   (167 words)

  
 File 7a - 1675-1700 - Merchants and Bankers Listings   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In 1694: is published in England Robinson's book, An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and the North, in which Tasman's voyage of 1642 was translated.
Also in 1694 was published in England Robinson's book, An Account of Several Late Voyages and Discoveries to the South and the North, in which Tasman's voyage of 1642 was translated.
This book helped revive British and Dutch interest in the still-unknown Terra Australis.
www.danbyrnes.com.au /merchants/merchants7a.htm   (16552 words)

  
 The m/v "TERRA AUSTRALIS"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Built in the United States in 1984 and classified under the strict safety rules of the American Bureau of Shipping, the m/v "TERRA AUSTRALIS" has large outside cabins with private bathrooms, telephones, air-conditioning and heating systems.
The spacious public areas are decorated with the drawings and maps made by the adventurers and scientists of the last century.
To Make Reservations please send an E-mail or call (800) 221-3254
www.globalquesttravel.com /southamerica/terra_australis.shtml   (241 words)

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