The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime - Hardcover

Harvey, Miles; Bland, Gilbert Joseph

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0375501517 ISBN 13: 9780375501517

Publisher: Random House Inc, 2000

Synopsis

A journalist explores the unusual odyssey of Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an antiques dealer from South Florida, wh omade his way acorss the country stealing dozens of centuries-old maps from some of the most important research libraries in Canada and the U.S. 50,000 first printing.

About this title

About the Author:

Miles Harvey began reporting on Gilbert Bland in 1996 for Outside magazine. He has worked for UPI and In These Times, and he was the book-review columnist for Outside. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and the University of Michigan, he has had a lifelong fascination with maps. He can be reached via the Internet at www.milesharvey.com.

Synopsis:

Explores the unusual odyssey of Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an antiques dealer from South Florida, who stole dozens of centuries-old maps from some of the most important research libraries in Canada and the U.S.

About this edition

• Publisher: Random House Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0375501517
• ISBN 13: 9780375501517
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 405