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Books and eBooks

Cook & Omai: The Cult of the South Seas by National Library of Australia
Discover one man’s journey across half the world, from his home in Tahiti to London in the 1770s and then back again. This publication provides a key to understanding the significance of James Cook’s three Pacific voyages and the cultural milieu in which they occurred.
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."
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.

Exploration

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
The Age of Discovery
Wikipedia page.
The Age of Discovery
From The Map as History.
The Age of Discovery
From The History Guide.

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History

Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Europe and the Age of Exploration
Artistic Encounters between Europe, Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
From The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Exploration Through The Ages

Exploration Through the Ages
From The Mariners' Museum.
All Explorers

Exploration of Australia

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

Australian Explorers
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
From Project Gutenberg.
European voyages to the Australian continent
From The National Museum of Australia.
Exploration - trailblazing the Australian interior
"Exploration - trailblazing the Australian interior tells the story of the intrepid adventurers who explored and opened up inland Australia.
This journey traces some of the most significant expeditions of the first half of the 19th century, and the role they played in defining the shape of the Australia we know today." From the State Library of New South Wales.

Shackleton's Hut, Antarctica

At the Movies

Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World by Peter Weir
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.
The New World by Terrence Malick
Publication Date: 2005
The story of the English exploration of Virginia, and of the changing world and loves of Pocahontas.