Title The cartographic eye : how explorers saw Australia / Simon Ryan

Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996

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Description xi, 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction -- 1. Exploring culture: the formation and fragmentation of the explorer -- 2. Picturesque visions: controlling the seen -- 3. Maps and their cultural constructedness -- 4. Seeing the Aborigines put in their place -- 5. The bosom of unknown lands -- Conclusion Summary Looks at what early Australian explorers found through their own writings Analysis Aboriginal culture Colonialism Geography Historiography Land settlement Mapping Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography Subject Cognition and culture. Explorers -- Australia -- Diaries. Explorers -- Australia -- Diaries. Explorers -- Australia -- Historiography. Geographical perception -- Australia. Landscape assessment -- Australia. SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593 -- Historiography. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh00006046 Genre/Form Diaries. LC no. 96020910 ISBN 052157112X 0521577918 (paperback)

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