It is with great pleasure that Altea Gallery and Daniel Crouch Rare Books bring you this joint catalogue of the manuscript and printed archive of the world-renowned maritime chart publisher Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd.
The collection is a unique portrait of the Enlightenment world at the turn of the eighteenth century.
The discovery and exploration of Australia has long been framed as both an act of chance and of growing curiosity, shaped by the vast seas of the southern hemisphere and guided by the faint patterns of the stars.
The 111 maps and books of the Michael and Wendy Brown Collection tell this story from the creatures of ancient European myth, via the monsters of colonialism, to the behemoth of globalisation and modern multi-cultural Sydney.
By ADAMS, Richard; HEMMETT, Marilyn; and LAWRENCE, John, 1972.
By BECK, Harry, [January, 1933].
By STANFORD, Edward, [c1928].
By FADEN, William, April 30, 1778.
By FADEN, William, Oct.r 19th, 1776.
By SAUTHIER, Claude Joseph, 25 February 1777.
By KEULEN, Johannes van, [1753].
By Yu Chong (Qing dynasty), 4th year of the Guangxu reign (1878)
By ABDULLAH, Muhammad Morsi; and Federico de AGOSTINI, [c1971].


