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Mundus alter et idem : sive terra Australis, ante hac semper incognita longis peregrini academici nuperrime lustrata
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Mundus alter et idem : sive terra Australis, ante hac semper incognita longis peregrini academici nuperrime lustrata

Author (British, 1574 - 1656)
Datec 1606
Object number00031687
NameBook
MediumInk on paper, leather
DimensionsOverall: 150 x 98 x 20 mm, 0.188 kg
ClassificationsBooks and journals
Credit LineANMM Collection
HistoryThe narrator takes a voyage in the ship FANTASIA to the southern seas, visiting the lands of Crapulia, Viraginia, Moronia and Lavernia (populated by gluttons, nags, fools and thieves, respectively) situated in Terra Australis. Joseph Hall's imaginary description of Terra Australis is one of the earliest fictitious voyages set in Australia. Hall's satire influenced the writings of Bacon, More and Swift, and remains one of the most influential of early dystopias. Five highly detailed and imaginative maps of the Southern Continent depict a great land mass, and take partial inspiration from the cartography of Ortelius.