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Painter in a Savage Land: The Strange Saga of the First European Artist in North America
by Miles Harvey
Miles Harvey describes how, in 1564, a group of three hundred French Protestants arrived in what is now Jacksonville, Florida, with the intention of building a permanent European settlement and the colony's eventual destruction by Spanish conquistadors, all recorded in the journal and spectacular drawings of Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues, the first professional artist to visit North America.
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The Island of Lost Maps: A True story of Cartographic Crime
by Miles Harvey
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 American map thief in history. As Miles Harvey unravels the mystery of Bland’s life, he maps out the world of cartography and cartographic crime, weaving together a fascinating story of exploration, craftsmanship, villainy, and the lure of the unknown.
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Florida: Mapping the Sunshine State Through History: Rare and Unusual Maps from the Library of Congress
by Vincent Virga
These books, produced from the archives ofthe Library of Congress and edited by Vincent Virga, offer a glimpse into the history of the United States through rare historical full-color maps, narrative captions, and short essays. Combining 50 rare, beautiful, and diverse maps of the Sunshine State from the collections of the Library of Congress, a foreword by Vincent Virga about the Library of Congress collection and the Florida maps, informative captions about the origins and contents of those maps, and essays on state history, this book is a collectible for cartography buffs and a celebration of Florida for residents, former residents, and visitors.
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