Geography Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 1.1. After Magellan's
voyage around the south-
ern end of South America,
his sighting of Tierra del
Fuego to the south was
extended to encompass
the whole of a supposed
Antarctic continent. In
this map published in 1589
by Abrahamus Ortelius,
Terra Australis encircles
and reaches northward to
the Tropic of Capricorn in
the area to the south of
New Guinea. Published by
Historic Urban Plans, Inc.,
Ithaca, New York.
