Name: The Island of Lost Maps

Author: Miles Harvey
Year: 2000
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History, Non Fiction, True crime, Mystery, Crime

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9780767908269
0767908260
Now in paperback, this "USA Today" Best Book of 2000 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. 20 illustrations throughout.
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