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This in today's mail from Angela Meadows at Interpol:
3 June 1996
     Enclosed is an International Stolen Art Notice issued by the Interpol
Secretariat General on behalf of Interpol Prague for an atlas that has been
stolen.  Should this item thereon come to your attention, please notify our
office at 202-616-9000.  Be assured of our cooperation in matters of mutual
concern.
Item:   Atlas
Date of Theft:  Between 6th and 12th October 1993
Country:        Czech Republic (from the National Museum in Prague)
 
17th-century, Portuguese atlas entitled "Libro Universal de las Navegaciones
del Mundo con las Demonstraciones de los Puertos Mas Principales del...,"
including hand-painted navigation maps and plans of harbours; the book
consists of 63 pages and has a brown leather cover with the hand-written
inscription: "Ms f 4".
 
Dimensions:     46 x 36 cm.
Value:          DEM 500,000
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Please contact Angela Meadows at the telephone number above.
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Kalamazoo College Library, 1200 Academy Street
Kalamazoo, Michigan 49006-3285
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