A Voyage to Terra Australis: Undertaken for the Purpose of Completing the Discovery of that Vast Country, and Prosecuted in the Years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty's Ship the Investigator was a sea voyage journal written by English mariner and explorer Matthew Flinders.It describes his circumnavigation of the Australian continent in the early years of the 19th century, and his ...

Terra Australis (lat. terra „Erde, Land“; australis „südlich“) ist die Bezeichnung eines in der Antike postulierten, hypothetischen Südkontinentes. Geprägt hat den Namen Claudius Ptolemäus (100–175) in seinem Werk Geographike Hyphegesis.Er ging davon aus, dass die bekannten Landmassen im Norden der durch eine entsprechend große auf der anderen Seite der Erde …

Terra incognita or terra ignota (Latin "unknown land"; incognita is stressed on its second syllable in Latin, but with variation in pronunciation in English) is a term used in cartography for regions that have not been mapped or documented. The expression is believed to be first seen in Ptolemy's Geography c. 150. The term was reintroduced in the 15th century from the …

The Fortress of Louisbourg (French: Forteresse de Louisbourg) is a National Historic Site and the location of a one-quarter partial reconstruction of an 18th-century French fortress at Louisbourg on Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia.Its two sieges, especially that of 1758, were turning points in the Anglo-French struggle for what today is Canada.. The original settlement was made in …

Terra may also refer to: . Geography Astronomy. Terra (satellite), a multi-national NASA scientific research satellite Terrae, extensive land masses found on various solar system bodies . List of terrae on Mars; List of terrae on Venus; Terra, a highland on the Moon (Luna); Latin and other. Terra Australis (southern land), hypothetical continent appearing on maps from the 15th to the …

The national flag of Brazil (Brazilian Portuguese: Bandeira do Brasil), is a blue disc depicting a starry sky (which includes the Southern Cross) spanned by a curved band inscribed with the national motto "Ordem e Progresso" ("Order and Progress"), within a yellow rhombus, on a green field. It was officially adopted on November 19, 1889 — four days after the Proclamation of the …

For many years, cartographers and European explorers speculated about the existence of the Terra Australis Incognita, a vast territory located in the south of the Strait of Magellan and Tierra del Fuego that reached the South Pole.. The Treaty of Tordesillas, signed on June 7, 1494, by Spain and Portugal (only) set their areas of global influence, west and east, respectively, …

James Cook (Marton, actual Middlesbrough, Inglaterra, 27 de octubre jul. / 7 de noviembre de 1728 greg. - Bahía de Kealakekua, Hawái, 14 de febrero de 1779) fue un navegante, explorador, cartógrafo y capitán de la Marina Real británica. [1] Cook elaboró mapas detallados de la isla de Terranova antes de realizar tres viajes al Océano Pacífico, durante los cuales estableció el …

A Terra é o terceiro planeta mais próximo do Sol, o mais denso e o quinto maior dos oito planetas do Sistema Solar. É também o maior dos quatro planetas telúricos. É por vezes designada como Mundo ou Planeta Azul.Lar de milhões de espécies de seres vivos, [13] incluindo os humanos, a Terra é o único corpo celeste onde é conhecida a existência de vida.

Die Erforschung der Terra Australis. DuMont Buchverlag, Köln 2013, ISBN 978-3-8321-9729-2 (über das Leben von M. Flinders und Ferdinand Bauer und ihre gemeinsame Umrundung von Australien 1801–1803). Kenneth Morgan: Matthew Flinders. Maritime Explorer of Australia. New York: Continuum 2016, ISBN 978-1-4411-7962-3.