Joseph Lee
Author
Language
English
Description
The Island of Lost Maps 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. The perpetrator was Gilbert Joseph Bland, Jr., an enigmatic antiques dealer from South Florida, whose cross-country slash-and-dash operation had gone virtually undetected until he was caught in 1995–and was unmasked as the most prolific...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
1989
Physical Desc
xxi, 754 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is a major analytical study, and on examination of Irish performance in the 20th century. It argues that Irish politics must be understood in the broad context of economic, social, administrative, cultural and intellectual history.
