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The island of lost maps : a true story of cartographic crime

Author:	Miles Harvey; Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher:	New York : Random House, ©2000.
Edition/Format:	Book : Biography : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:	"The Island of Lost Maps" tells the story of a curious crime spree: the theft of scores of valuable, centuries-old maps from some of the most prominent research libraries in the United States and Canada. When all was said and done, Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., had become the Al Capone of cartography, the most prolific American map thief in history.
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