The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime by Miles Harvey

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

Miles Harvey

404 pages first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history true crime mysterious slow-paced
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Now in paperback, this "USA Today" Best Book of 2000 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 sai...

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