Terra Australis

GPTKB entity

Statements (23)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf hypothetical continent
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Terra Australis Incognita
gptkbp:appearedIn medieval maps
gptkbp:believedToBalance northern continents
gptkbp:category History of geography
Mythical continents
gptkbp:debunkedBy exploration of Australia and Antarctica
gptkbp:depictedIn 16th-century world maps
gptkbp:explores gptkb:Abel_Tasman
James Cook
gptkbp:firstMentioned gptkb:Ptolemy
2nd century AD
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Terra Australis
gptkbp:influenced search for southern lands
gptkbp:influencedBy Aristotelian symmetry theory
gptkbp:mapType Gerardus Mercator's maps
Oronce Fine's 1531 map
gptkbp:meaning Unknown Southern Land
gptkbp:originatedIn European cartography
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Antarctica
gptkb:Australia
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Austrialia_del_Espíritu_Santo
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7