by Miles Harvey · DEBATE · tapa dura · ISBN 9788483064085
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«La isla de los mapas perdidos» is Miles Harvey's true crime essay, published by Debate in hardcover (288 pages, in Spanish).
Miles Harvey investigates the story of Gilbert Bland Jr., the antiquarian who stole dozens of ancient maps from libraries in the United States and Canada until his capture in 1995. The work blends criminal chronicle, history of cartography and collecting, and reconstructs the thief's life and the effect of his thefts.
Spanish translation of 'The Island of Lost Maps: A True Story of Cartographic Crime', originally published in English in 2000.
For nonfiction readers interested in true crime, the history of cartography and the collecting of ancient maps.
Miles Harvey is an American author of three works of nonfiction, The Island of Lost Maps, Painter in a Savage Land and The King of Confidence. He also wrote a collection of short stories, The Registry of Forgotten Objects, and a play "How Long Will I Cry," which premiered at the Steppenwolf Theatre in Chicago.
