01768nam a2200325 i 4500 96558 96558 BJBSDDR 20230410143139.0 ta 171031s2001 nyu 000 0 eng d 9780767908269 (pbk) 0767908260 (pbk) spa BJBSDDR eng Z 702 H342i 2001 025.8/2 Harvey, Miles, 1960- The island of lost maps : a true story of cartographic crime / by Miles Harvey. True story of cartographic crime New York : Broadway Books, 2001 404 p. : ill. ; 21 cm 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. 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. Bland, Gilbert Lee Joseph 9018 Bibliotecas Estados Unidos Colecciones especiales Mapas Historia Siglo XX. 9019 Robos de mapas Historia Estados Unidos Siglo XX. 9020 Bibliotecas Colecciones de mapas Estados Unidos Siglo XX 9017 Bland, Gilbert Lee Joseph lcc BK dpf 0 0 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 0 Z 702 H342i 2001 00000119907 2019-01-21 00:00:00 1 2019-01-21 BK