Name: The Map Thief
ISBN: 9781592408177

Michael Blanding

Draws on exclusive interviews with confessed rare-map thief E. Forbes Smiley to document his high-stakes experiences with mercenary explorers and mapmakers, offering insight into the cutthroat map trade while investigating allegations of hundreds of additional thefts

The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-map Dealer who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

The Map Thief

Belle

I was hesitant at first, but I got drawn in and ended up enjoying this more than I thought I would. It takes some extensive detours into the history of cartology but it worked well overall. Some of the writing was not great; I often had to read a sentence many times to try to figure out what the author meant.

Sam Spott

This book scratched a very specific and nerdy itch for me. It had everything: intrigue, map history, map theft history, a GIS librarian, name-checking places I’ve worked, and above all else, the heroics of cataloging.

The Map Thief The Gripping Story of an Esteemed Rare-map Dealer who Made Millions Stealing Priceless Maps

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