Almost exactly 200 years after Captain Cook embarked on this third voyage of discovery, Beat Knoblauch arrived in Australia, and bought his first antique print of Sydney. Now, nearly 50 years, and hundreds and hundreds of images of Sydney later, Daniel Crouch Rare Books presents “The Finest Harbour in the World”: The Knoblauch Collection of Printed Views of Sydney 1788–1938.
By UINTED STATES NAVY HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, May 1881. Cor[rections] by Notices to Jan. 1884 (1884-88).
By HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, 1st Decr. 1869. Large corrections Jan. 1876, Feby. 1892.
By HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE; BLACKWOOD, Captain F[rancis] P[rice] et al, Decr. 19th 1860. Large corrections Aug 1880. March 1887. August 1889. April 1890.
By HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, 15th June 1881. Large corrections May 1882.
By HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE; BLACKWOOD, Captain F[rancis] P[rice], 20th Feby. 1856. Large corrections Aug. 72, Apr. 74, May 1893.
By HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE; STANLEY, Captain O[wen], March 29th 1843. Large corrections Aug. 76, Aug. 79, Oct. 1888.
By SYMONDS, Lieutenant T[homas] M[atthew]; HENRY, Lieutenant H. R.; SHORTLAND, F[rederick], June 18th 1838.
De Jode’s map of South America in original colour
A striking map of Africa from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
To Abraham Ortelius, “the most brilliant and best of good friends”
The Forest of Dean by a Deputy Gaveller
A striking map of Balkans from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
Rare planisphere
A game plan for the whole world
A striking map of Southeast Asia from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
Speed’s battle map
Beautiful enough for Bridgerton
Steamer routes in the Arabian Sea
“Freedom, Fraternity, Federation”
A revolution in Geology – “The Map that Changed the World”
Once upon a time, in a land far away…
Moving Heaven and Earth
England and Wales as an old man
Torres Strait, Australia
A striking map of the Himilayas and Central Asia and China from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy 

