An anciente mappe of Fairyland newly discovered and set forth / designed by Bernard Sleigh
y of Kay Nielsen’s illustrations
LoLo (@lovehistories)
Terra Australis (Latin for 'Southern Land') was a hypothetical continent first posited in antiquity and which appeared on maps between the 15th and 18th centuries. Its existence was not based on any survey or direct observation, but rather on the idea that continental land in the Northern Hemisphere should be balanced by land in the Southern... See more
