The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime

by Harvey, Miles

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Book desription: Westminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Random House Inc, 2000. xxiii.405 pgs. Fine hardcover in Fine jacket. The story of the theft of scores of valuble centuries-old maps from prominent libraries in the United States and Canada. The perpetrator was Gilbert Bland, a south Florida antiques dealer. Harvey interviews librarians and a foremost map collector and, with the help of an FBI agent, tracks down The Island of Lost Maps. ISBN 0375501517. #1831. ISBN: 0375501517. Third Printing. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. 12mo - 6¾ - 7¾ Inches Tall. Map, Island of Lost Maps, Miles Harvey, Cartomania, Cartography, Map Thief, Antiquities, THEFT, MAPS, Gilbert Bland, Map Collecting, Collectors, Antiques, LIBRARIES, SECURITY MEASURES.

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