Exploration

eBooks

A Book of Discovery : The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole by Margaret Bertha (M. B.) Synge
Call Number: Project Gutenberg
"Hope went before them, and the world was wide."

Books

Voyages of Discovery by Tony Rice; David Bellamy (Introduction by)
Call Number: 508.09 RIC
ISBN: 9781554074143
Voyages of discovery is a mesmerising visual record of ten of the most significant natural history expeditions. Superb artworks and photographs spanning three centuries document advances and watersheds in the field of natural science. The stories behind these images - of explorers, naturalists, artists and photographers - entwine into a fascinating study of human achievement and natural wonder. Among the many stories of adventure and great scientific endeavour are: Sir Hans Sloane's journey to Jamaica in 1687; James Cook's perilous Pacific crossings; and Darwin's historic voyage aboard the HMS Beagle.
Gulliver's Travels : Voyage to Lilliput by Jonathan Swift
Call Number: P SWI
ISBN: 9781406368659
Publication Date: 2004

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

--T.S. Eliot,
Four Quartets 4 : Little Gidding

The Age of Discovery

The Cantino planisphere, completed by un unknown Portuguese cartographer in 1502. Source: Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena, Italy. Public Domain.

Famous Explorers This link opens in a new window
The Age of Discovery This link opens in a new window
Wikipedia page.
The Age of Discovery This link opens in a new window
From The Map as History.
The Age of Discovery This link opens in a new window
From The History Guide.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Europe and the Age of Exploration This link opens in a new window
Artistic Encounters between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
From The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Exploration Through The Ages

Exploration Through the Ages This link opens in a new window
From The Mariners' Museum.
All Explorers This link opens in a new window

Exploration of Australia

European voyages to the Australian continent From the National Museum of Australia.

Australian Explorers This link opens in a new window
This website has brief descriptions and maps describing the journeys of early Australian explorers. Explorers featured include Edward john Eyre, George Bass, Robert O'Hara Burke, Matthew Flinders, John Forrest, Edmund Kennedy, Ludwig Leichhardt, Thomas Mitchell, John Oxley, Charles Sturt and Gregory Blaxland.
Australian Explorers, Discoverers and Pioneers This link opens in a new window
From Project Gutenberg.

Shackleton's Hut, Antarctica

At the Movies

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World by Peter Weir
Call Number: Senior DVD
Publication Date: 2003
During the Napoleonic Wars, a brash British captain pushes his ship and crew to their limits in pursuit of a formidable French war vessel around South America.

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