One might imagine a dealer of rare manuscripts to be bookish—and it’s true. But there is more to Daniel Crouch, a globe-trotting trader based in London who tracks down ancient maps, atlases, plans, sea charts, and voyages. At the age of 17, he stumbled quite accidentally into this career, and he has been matchmaking those who possess unique works on paper with collectors, both private and public, ever since. Tonight, he visits the MFAH to talk about his adventurous career and the fascinating tale of the Map of the Ten Thousand Countries of the Earth.