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Título:
The map thief [text (large print)] : the gripping story of an esteemed rare-map dealer who made millions stealing priceless maps / Michael Blanding.
ISBN:
9781410471147
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Edición:
Large print edition.
Información de publicación:
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, 2014.
Descripción física:
603 pages (large print) : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
Nota general:
Originally published: New York, NY : Gotham Books, [2014]
Contenido:
Selected mapmakers, 1470-1860 -- The explorer and the thief -- Small hope -- A new world -- Who knows the most wins -- Catalog number one -- Playing hardball -- Upward departure -- The battle of Sebec -- Missing maps, missing cards -- Caught! -- The plea -- Map quest -- Terra incognita -- Maps Smiley admitted stealing -- Additional maps libraries reported missing.
Síntesis:
Maps have long elicited a special fascination -- both as practical tools and as beautiful works of art. But to collectors the map trade can be cutthroat, with quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects. This is the story of antiquarian map dealer E. Forbes Smiley, who for years doubled as a map thief until he was finally arrested for slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library.
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ocn879248495
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South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
