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Imaginative and cerebral, this volume recounts the fantastic history of the antipodes—namely Australia and New Zealand—from the Western perspective over the course of the past five millennia. Tracing the fiction underlying the fact in the tales of, among others, Marco Polo, John Mandeville, and Thomas More, this remarkable compilation explores the imagination of travelers, writers, map-makers, charlatans, and rogues who dreamed of other worlds. Delving into the Australian character and the New Zealand psyche, this account also conveys an insightful glimpse into Western history.
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INDEX
Aboriginal Australians, 92, 115, 121, 126, 127, 156, 159, 164–68, 168, 169, 183–87, 199–200, 237
Acapulco, 86, 89, 108, 111, 115, 135
Ackroyd, Peter, 95
Africa, 10, 23, 26–28, 29–30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 55, 61, 62, 70, 72, 77, 80, 114, 131, 156, 174, 180, 182, 191, 192, 194, 223
Afrikaansche Galei (ship), 134, 135, 136
Ahutoru, 144, 145–46, 153, 162
al-Din, Rashid, 47–48
Jami al-Tawarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), 47–48
Alexander the Great, 10, 24, 25, 28, 54
Alexandria, 10, 31, 207, 210
Alfraganus of Baghdad, 40
Elements of Astronomy on the Celestial Motions, 40
Alighieri, Dante, 32, 36, 37–41, 53, 55, 57, 58, 59, 98, 114, 191, 215, 216, 220, 224
Divine Comedy, 37–41
alphabets, 2, 56, 94, 229
al-Sufi, ’Abd al-Rahman, Book of Fixed Stars, 129
Alvarez, Al, 215
Americas, the, 1, 22, 62, 63, 71, 72, 92, 174, 182
Amis, Kingsley, 214, 215
Amsterdam, 3, 5, 102, 110, 174
Angry Penguins (magazine), 221
Anjiro, 81–82
Anson, George, 134, 151
Antarctica, 31, 131, 149, 153–54, 155, 190, 191, 196, 198, 210, 223
antipodes, 1, 8, 10, 19, 31–32, 33, 38, 55, 57, 63, 114, 126, 167, ...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- I. Ancient Voices
- II. Mount Purgatory
- III. Jewelled Sands
- IV. Utopian Projections
- V. Isles of Disappointment
- VI. Lost Tribes
- VII. Ulimaroa, Yonaguni & Other Enigmas
- VIII. After Erewhon
- Notes on Sources
- Index
- Back Cover