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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11846765.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [355]-394) and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: strange waters -- Mr. Peabody and Mr. Nobody -- Imaginary creatures -- The map mogul -- An approaching storm -- How to make a map, how to take a map -- The invisible crime spree -- A brief history of cartographic crime -- Pathfinding -- The waters of paradise -- The joy of discovery -- The island of lost maps -- Eldorado -- Mr. Bland, I presume.".
- catalog extent "xxiii, 405 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Island of lost maps.".
- catalog identifier "0375501517".
- catalog isFormatOf "Island of lost maps.".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Random House,".
- catalog relation "Island of lost maps.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "025.8/2 21".
- catalog subject "364.16/2 21".
- catalog subject "Bland, Gilbert Lee Joseph.".
- catalog subject "Libraries United States Special collections Maps History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Map thefts United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Z702.B58 H37 2000".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: strange waters -- Mr. Peabody and Mr. Nobody -- Imaginary creatures -- The map mogul -- An approaching storm -- How to make a map, how to take a map -- The invisible crime spree -- A brief history of cartographic crime -- Pathfinding -- The waters of paradise -- The joy of discovery -- The island of lost maps -- Eldorado -- Mr. Bland, I presume.".
- catalog title "The island of lost maps : a true story of cartographic crime / Miles Harvey.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".