01671nam a2200289 i 4500003000800000005001700008007000300025008004100028020002400069020002100093040001700114041000800131050002200139082001200161100002700173245008700200246003700287260003800324300002800362505036600390520035200756600003001108650008801138650005901226650006601285700003001351BJBSDDR20230410143139.0ta171031s2001    nyu           000 0 eng d  a9780767908269 (pbk)  a0767908260 (pbk)  bspacBJBSDDR  aeng14aZ 702bH342i 2001  a025.8/21 aHarvey, Miles, d1960-14aThe island of lost maps : ba true story of cartographic crime /cby Miles Harvey.30aTrue story of cartographic crime  aNew York :bBroadway Books,c2001  a404 p. :bill. ;c21 cm  aIntroduction: 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.  aThe 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.10aBland, Gilbert Lee Joseph 4aBibliotecaszEstados Unidos xColecciones especiales vMapas xHistoria ySiglo XX. 4aRobos de mapas xHistoria zEstados Unidos ySiglo XX. 4aBibliotecas xColecciones de mapas zEstados UnidosySiglo XX1 aBland, Gilbert Lee Joseph