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Terra Australis Incognita

1657 map by Jan Janssonius, Terra Australis Incognita

In this 1657 map by Jan Janssonius, the available territory for a southern continent is reduced. Terra Australis Incognita ("unknown southern land") is printed across a region that includes the south pole but there are no definite shorelines.

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