Author: Harvey, Miles,
Title: The Island of Lost Maps: a true story of cartographic crime.
Description: NY, Random, (2000). 3rd ptg. VG in VG DJ. A curious crime spree: theft of scores of valuable centuries- old maps from prominent research libraries in U.S. & Canada. Gilbert Bland Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from south Florida, was a cipher, a blank slate. Harvey fills in the blank spaces of Bland, a milliionaire maverick who predicted the boom in map collecting.

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