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Date: Mon, 21 Jul 2003 10:59:55 +0100
From: tony campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: [MapHist] Observer piece on map thefts
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In yesterday's [London] Observer (in the 'OM Magazine'):
"Lost worlds
Armed with nothing more than pencil sharpeners and baggy jumpers, Melvin
Perry and Peter Bellwood plundered unsuspecting libraries across Europe,
razoring thousands of priceless maps from medieval atlases. Mark Honigsbaum
unearths a tale of naked greed, bungled security and unscrupulous dealers...
"
For full text see:
< http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1001735,00.html >
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