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

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Field name	Details
ISBN	052157112X (hbk.)
ISBN	0521577918 (pbk.)
Author	Ryan, Simon, 1964- (author.)
Title	The cartographic eye : how explorers saw Australia / Simon Ryan.
Publisher and/or associated date/s	Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1996.
Description	xi, 235 pages.
Note	Illustrated with Colonial drawings and engravings.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Subjects	Explorers -- Australia -- Diaries
	Geographical perception -- Australia
	Landscape assessment -- Australia
	Cognition and culture
	Settlement and contacts - Explorers
	Explorers -- Australia -- Historiography
	Australia -- Discovery and exploration
	Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- Historiography
	Australia -- History -- 1788-1900 -- Historiography
Call number	304.23 RYA
Call number	Smith/M 234

Item Information
Barcode	Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Status	Due Date
A00858106	304.23 RYA	General Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .
A00835220	Smith/M 234	Mike Smith Deserts Collection		. Available to Museum Staff .