Harvey, Miles,   1960- <br/><br/>
The island of lost maps :   a true story of cartographic crime / 
 True story of cartographic crime 
by Miles Harvey. 
 - New York :  Broadway Books,  2001 
 - 404 p. :  ill. ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780767908269 (pbk) 0767908260 (pbk) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Bland, Gilbert Lee Joseph
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bibliotecas--Colecciones especiales --Historia --Estados Unidos --Siglo XX.--Mapas <br/>Robos de mapas --Historia --Estados Unidos --Siglo XX.<br/>Bibliotecas --Colecciones de mapas --Estados Unidos--Siglo XX
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>Z 702  / H342i 2001 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>025.8/2