An Appendix To the Former Work, Endeavouring a Discovery of the Unknown Parts of the World. Especially of Terra Australis Incognita, or the Southern Continent
| Title | An Appendix To the Former Work, Endeavouring a Discovery of the Unknown Parts of the World. Especially of Terra Australis Incognita, or the Southern Continent |
| Year for Search | 1656 |
| Authors | Heylin, Peter(1600-52) |
| Pagination | Although this has its own title page, the page numbers of the text are 1089-95. |
| Date Published | 1656 |
| Publisher | Ptd. for Henry Seile |
| Place Published | London |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | The earliest representation of Australia in British utopian literature. Divides the unknown world into Terra incognita Borealis, or the northern lands, and Terra incognita Australis. Included in Terra incognita Borealis are “Orbis Arcticus” and the Northeast and Northwest parts of the territory, none of which are utopian. Included in Terra incognita Australis are brief presentations of “Terra del Fuego,” “Insulae Solomonis,” “Nova Guinea,” Mundus Alter et Idem (1605 Hall), Utopia (1516 More), New Atlantis (1627 Bacon), “Faerie Land,” “The Painters Wives Island,” “the Lands of Chivalrie,” and “The New World in the Moon,” discovered by Lucian of Samosata (ca. 125-ca. 180). Reference is also made to Aristophanes’s (ca. 446 BC-ca. 386 BC) Nephelococcygia. |
| Additional Publishers | Other editions with the name as Peter Heglin. London: Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1667; and London: Printed for A.S., 1669. |
| Info Notes | Although this has its own title page, the page numbers of the text are 1089-95. |
| Holding Institutions | M |
| Author Note | (1600-52) |
| Full Text | 1656 Heylin, Peter (1600-52). An Appendix To the Former Work, Endeavouring a Discovery of the Unknown Parts of the World. Especially of Terra Australis Incognita, or the Southern Continent. London: Ptd. for Henry Seile. Although this has its own title page, the page numbers of the text are 1089-95. Other editions with the name as Peter Heglin. London: Printed for Philip Chetwinde, 1667; and London: Printed for A.S., 1669. M The earliest representation of Australia in British utopian literature. Divides the unknown world into Terra incognita Borealis, or the northern lands, and Terra incognita Australis. Included in Terra incognita Borealis are “Orbis Arcticus” and the Northeast and Northwest parts of the territory, none of which are utopian. Included in Terra incognita Australis are brief presentations of “Terra del Fuego,” “Insulae Solomonis,” “Nova Guinea,” Mundus Alter et Idem (1605 Hall), Utopia (1516 More), New Atlantis (1627 Bacon), “Faerie Land,” “The Painters Wives Island,” “the Lands of Chivalrie,” and “The New World in the Moon,” discovered by Lucian of Samosata (ca. 125-ca. 180). Reference is also made to Aristophanes’s (ca. 446 BC-ca. 386 BC) Nephelococcygia. |
