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.
Fine atlas of Southern Holland in full original colour
A rare plan of Amsterdam
Western approaches to the Torres Strait, Australia
One of the earliest maps to reference Singapore
Catalogue XLVI: A Moveable Feast: The Temperley Collection of paper engineered pop-ups, transformations, and other surprises – Vols 1 & 2
The first European to enter Mecca and Medina
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Catalogue XXXVIII: Terra Australis Cognita: The Robert Clancy Collection
The sea between Sumatra and Borneo
Bellin’s map of the vicinity of Canton
Coronelli’s map of Southeast Asia
Following in Louis Freycinet’s “footsteps”
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The heart of VOC territory in Southeast Asia
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9d. for a gig drawn by two horses to 1/4d. for a sheep, pig or goat
Sydney’s CBD
“A work of conscious art” (Firzhardinge)
Admiralty chart of the harbour’s and Anchorages in the Red Sea
Catalogue XLVIII:Cities, like dreams
An early bird’s-eye view of Sydney
The first official Qing dynasty map to depict the entire island of Taiwan, including its eastern territories 

