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The island of lost maps
Special libraries
Early maps
Libraries, special collections
Special collections
Cartography
Theft
History, 20th Century
Maps
Collectors and collecting
Libraries
Large type books
History
"The Island of Lost Maps is 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. The perpetrator was the Al Capone of cartography, a man with the unlikely name of Gilbert Bland, Jr.,…
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