迷失地图之岛
The island of lost maps
Miles Harvey · 初版 2000 年
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“The Island of Lost Maps 讲述了一场离奇连环犯罪的故事：从美国和加拿大一些最顶尖的研究型图书馆中盗窃数十张具有数百年历史的珍贵古地图。作案者堪称 cartography 界的 Al Capone，一个有着离奇名字 Gilbert Bland, Jr. 的人物，他是一位来自南佛罗里达的神秘古董商，其横跨全美的狂热偷盗行径几乎没有引起任何察觉，直到他在 1995 年 12 月被捕。”“这也是作者 Miles Harvey 探索理解美国历史上最猖獗的地图大盗的故事，此人犹如变色龙一般不断改换职业与家（fami
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如果你想多了解这种犯罪，我强烈推荐 Miles Harvey 写的一本小书，叫《失落地图之岛：一桩地图犯罪的真实故事》（THE ISLAND OF LOST MAPS: A TRUE STORY OF CARTOGRAPHIC CRIME）。非常引人入胜的破案实录，讲的是窃贼潜入珍本馆藏室，悄悄用刀片小心翼翼地把几百年前古籍里的古老地图割下来…
If you want to learn more about this kind of crime, I highly recommend a little book by Miles Harvey called THE ISLAND OF LOST MAPS: A TRUE STORY OF CARTOGRAPHIC CRIME. Fascinating whodunit regarding thieves who would go into rare book collections and quietly use a razor blade to carefullytear out an ancient map inside some hundreds-of-years-old…
让我想起了《失落地图之岛》（The Island of Lost Maps）[0] 这本书，虽然没有什么飞檐走壁的杂技动作，但依然是神不知鬼不觉的潜行盗窃。[0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108762.The_Island_of_Los...
Reminds me of the book "The Island of Lost Maps"[0], although there are no acrobatics there is still stealthy thievery. [0]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/108762.The_Island_of_Los...
…这个故事，它还有一个更现代的版本：90 年代，一个名叫 Gilbert Bland 的地图“商人”在被捕前从博物馆偷走了几百张有数百年历史的地图。完整的故事记录在《失落地图之岛》（The Island of Lost Maps）这本书里：https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-island-of-lo... https://m.alibris.com/The-Island-of-Lost-Maps-A-True-Story-o...
…this story, there’s a more modern cousin of it: in the 90s, a map ‘dealer’ named Gilbert Bland stole hundreds of centuries-old maps from museums before he was caught. The full story is in the book “The Island of Lost Maps”: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/the-island-of-lo... https://m.alibris.com/The-Island-of-Lost-Maps-A-True-Story-o...