Comments on: Terra Australis, Terre de Quir, and the Great Southern Continent

By: Terra Australis | Musings of The CULPrits

Terra Australis | Musings of The CULPrits — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 23:04:50 +0000

[...] So I did some more research, and this idea of “Terra Australis” goes as far back as Aristotle, who posited that there should be a southern landmass to counterbalance the weight of the northern continents. Ptolemy even thought there was a zone occupied by “monstrosities” (http://www.geographicus.com/blog/rare-and-antique-maps/terra-australia-terra-de-quir-and-the-great-s…) [...]

By: Kevin Brown

Kevin Brown — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:39:53 +0000

I believe it is in Meteorologica.

Kevin

By: Constantino

Constantino — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 01:59:04 +0000

Hi!
Can you tell me in what work of Aristotle we can find the following concept: “Aristotle asserted that all of creation was in balance maintained an essential symmetry. Hence, the land masses of the Northern Hemisphere, called Arktos referencing the Greek term for the constellation Ursa Major, must inevitably be balanced by a southern continent, Anti-Arktos.” (as we can see in http://www.geographicus.com/blog/category/region/antarctica/ )
Thank You a lot!