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This book is a new history of an ancient geography. It reassesses the evidence for why Europeans believed a massive southern continent existed, and why they advocated for its discovery. When ships were equal to ambitions, explorers set out to find and claim Terra Australis. Antipodes charts these voyages-voyages both through the imagination and across the High Seas-in pursuit of the mythical Terra Australis. In doing so, the question is asked: how could so many fail to see the realities they encountered? And how is it a mythical land held the gaze of an era famed for breaking free the shackles of superstition? That Terra Australis did not exist didn't stop explorers pursuing the continent, unwilling to abandon the promise of such a rich and magnificent land till it was stripped of every ounce of value it had ever promised. In the process, the southern continent-an imaginary land-became one of the shaping forces of early modern history. Includes 48 pages of b&w and colour images.

Geography, Ancient --- Discoveries in geography --- Explorers --- History. --- European --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Ancient geography --- Geography --- Discoverers --- Navigators --- Voyagers --- Voyages and travels --- Geographical discoveries in literature --- Adventure and adventurers --- Heroes --- History --- Antipodes --- ancient geography --- southern exploration --- geographical exploration --- exploration by sea --- discoveries in geography --- discovery of Australia --- cartography --- historical cartography --- imaginative cartography --- southern continent --- Cosmography --- Terra Australis

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In 1948 a collection of scientists, anthropologists and photographers journeyed to northern Australia for a seven-month tour of research and discovery - now regarded as 'the last of the big expeditions'. The American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land was front-page news at the time, but 60 years later it is virtually unknown. This lapse into obscurity was due partly to the fraught politics of Australian anthropology and animus towards its leader, the Adelaide-based writer-photographer Charles Mountford. Promoted as a 'friendly mission that would foster good relations between Australia and its most powerful wartime ally, the Expedition was sponsored by National Geographic, the Smithsonian Institution and the Australian Government. An unlikely cocktail of science, diplomacy and popular geography, the Arnhem Land Expedition put the Aboriginal cultures of the vast Arnhem Land reserve on an international stage.

Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Discoveries in geography. --- Aboriginal Australians. --- Arnhem Land (N.T.) --- Aboriginals, Australian --- Aborigines, Australian --- Australian aboriginal people --- Australian aboriginals --- Australian aborigines --- Australians, Aboriginal --- Australians, Native (Aboriginal Australians) --- Native Australians (Aboriginal Australians) --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Ethnology --- Indigenous peoples --- Voyages and travels --- Explorers --- Geographical discoveries in literature --- arnhem land --- australian --- aboriginal australians --- scientific expedition --- discovery --- exploration --- american --- Groote Eylandt --- Gunbalanya --- Northern Territory --- Yolngu

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Gender & Ethnic Studies --- Social Sciences --- Ethnic & Race Studies --- Pacific Islanders --- Cultural relations. --- First contact with Europeans. --- Pacific Area --- Colonization. --- History. --- Discovery and exploration. --- Cultural exchange --- Intercultural relations --- Asia-Pacific Region --- Asian-Pacific Region --- Asian and Pacific Council countries --- Pacific Ocean Region --- Pacific Region --- Pacific Rim --- Archaeometry. --- Archaeometry --- Archaeology --- Intellectual cooperation --- International relations --- First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners --- Discoveries in geography. --- Oceania. --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Voyages and travels --- Explorers --- Geographical discoveries in literature --- Colonisation --- Imperialism --- Land settlement --- Colonies --- Decolonization --- Emigration and immigration --- Oceanica --- South Pacific --- South Pacific Ocean Region --- South Pacific Region --- South Sea Islands --- South Seas --- Southwest Pacific Region --- Pacific Ocean --- Moana Oceania --- Te --- First contact (Anthropology) --- First contact with Europeans --- First contact with other peoples.

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This edited collection understands exploration as a collective effort and experience involving a variety of people in diverse kinds of relationships. It engages with the recent resurgence of interest in the history of exploration by focusing on the various indigenous intermediaries – Jacky Jacky, Bungaree, Moowattin, Tupaia, Mai, Cheealthluc and lesser-known individuals – who were the guides, translators, and hosts that assisted and facilitated European travellers in exploring different parts of the world. These intermediaries are rarely the authors of exploration narratives, or the main focus within exploration archives. Nonetheless the archives of exploration contain imprints of their presence, experience and contributions. The chapters present a range of ways of reading archives to bring them to the fore. The contributors ask new questions of existing materials, suggest new interpretive approaches, and present innovative ways to enhance sources so as to generate new stories.

First contact of aboriginal peoples with Westerners --- Aboriginal Australians --- Discoveries in geography --- Recreation & Sports --- Social Sciences --- Discoveries, Maritime --- Discovery and exploration --- Exploration and discovery --- Explorations in geography --- Exploring expeditions --- Geographical discoveries --- Geographical discovery --- Maritime discoveries --- Aboriginal peoples' first contact with Westerners --- Contact, First, of aboriginal peoples with Westerners --- Westerners, First contact of aboriginal peoples with --- Discoveries in geography. --- Voyages and travels --- Explorers --- Geographical discoveries in literature --- Anthropology --- Contact, First (Anthropology) --- Cultural contact --- Interethnic contact --- Aboriginal Australians. --- First contact (Anthropology) --- Aboriginals, Australian --- Aborigines, Australian --- Australian aboriginal people --- Australian aboriginals --- Australian aborigines --- Australians, Aboriginal --- Australians, Native (Aboriginal Australians) --- Native Australians (Aboriginal Australians) --- Ethnology --- Indigenous peoples --- travel --- history --- indigenous people --- exploration --- Bungaree --- James Cook --- Lindt & Sprüngli --- Noongar --- Tupaia (navigator)