Starting a collection of a new subject can be thrilling. Early maps with all their fine detail, variable information - and locations - can be ever more absorbing. Map collecting can be inspired in many ways. A long time interest or a niggling wonderment...? Either can result in a decision to collect antique maps.

Brisbane River with depth soundings, charted by John Oxley in 1823. Fine large Numbered Limited Edition print of the earliest charting of the Brisbane River (first published in Paris).
Plan de la Riviere Brisbane (Nouvelle Hollande) Découverte par M. OXLEY Ingenieur 
Chart of the Brisbane River (Australia) Discovered by John Oxley, Geographical Engineer at Port Jackson. (December 1823)