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Subject: map theft article
Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:19:02 -0400
From: "jonjab" <[log in to unmask]>
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There is an article in this Sunday's Guardian magazine about map theft
from British other northern European libraries.

It is available at:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/magazine/story/0,11913,1001735,00.html

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...

Sunday July 20, 2003