Antique M2

Antique M1

TERRA AUSTRALIS (SOUTH LAND).

The concept of a great southern continent surrounding the South Pole derived from the ancient Greek view that the landmass of Europe and Asi...

EGYPTIANS DISCOVER AUSTRALIA

Have chisel will chip! Before recoiling in absolute incredulity that, deep in antiquity, oceangoing mariners from ancient Egypt landed on A...

CHINESE DISCOVERY OF AUSTRALIA

A reproduction of a 1566 world map by Nicolas Desliens. With south orientated at the top, the top left corner has a large land mass that is ...

Western China XVI-XVIII Centuries maps

The map of Chinese Kingdom from the «Drawing book of Siberia», 1699-1703 For more than three hundred years Russian travelers, merchants, dip...

Dragons

One of the most universal monster myths is that of the dragon. The awesome, reptile-like beasts appear in the folklore of nearly every count...