withdrew from the map community . . . one year short: Hudson interview; Dawn Youngblood, “Alice Hudson: New York Public Library’s treasure among maps,” Journal of Map and Geography Libraries 6, no. 2 (2010): 151–173.
“the end of the world”: Hudson interview.
donating all his wealth: Arader interview; Graham Arader blog, http://grahamarader.blogspot.com; Graham Arader, user profile, http://www.blogger.com/profile/08725182968958751913.
gift of fifteen thousand antique maps: Megan Sexton, “Natural history treasures coming to USC,” University of South Carolina website, May 2, 2013.
official opening of the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center: Joseph P. Kahn, “BPL charts modern course: high-tech exhibit will expand access to vast trove of maps,” The Boston Globe, January 3, 2011; “Boston Public Library to open new space for the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center,” States News Service, October 6, 2011; “Leventhal Map Center opens,” Newton TAB, January 4, 2012.
got out of prison . . . “let them down”: Smiley interview.
“something wrong with the guy”: Statt interview.
opposite feeling . . . disabled son: Slater interview.
grants of $200 to $5,000: Tony Omer, “Center for the visual arts accepting grant applications,” Martha’s Vineyard Times, March 5, 2013.
“When painters paint”: Forbes Smiley, letter to Paul Statt, April 24, 2008.
EPILOGUE
“After a well-known dealer” . . . US Coast Guard surveys: “Map quest: seeking owners of stolen artwork,” FBI, http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2013/july/fbi-seeking-owners-of-stolen-artwork/fbi-seeking-owners-of-stolen-artwork.
case has since passed . . . box or tube: Lisa McNamara, interview with the author.
APPENDICES
The information in the appendices is derived from a number of sources, starting with the list of missing maps compiled by New York Map Society member John Woram, who consolidated the various lists released by the FBI and the affected libraries. I have supplemented this list with my own research and reporting, verifying the information whenever possible with the curators at the institutions, most of whom were very open to assisting me. I also visited each of the six affected institutions and examined the books and maps themselves, in most cases personally viewing and photographing the items that have been recovered. While inevitably there may be errors in the listings, the final lists are as close to definitive as I have been able to make them.
Index
The page numbers in this index refer to the printed version of this book. To find the corresponding locations in the text of this digital version, please use the “search” function on your e-reader. Note that not all terms may be searchable.
Note: Page numbers in italics type refer to illustrations.
AB Bookman’s Weekly, 64, 85, 86, 111–112
Alexander, Sir William, 175, 186, 187, 208
Alexandria, 44–46
American Atlas (Jefferys), 87–88, 111, 178, 179
American maps and map making
first, 49, 51–52
during French and Indian War, 85–87
maritime (Clark), 71–73
Melish (1816), 153, 156–157
during Revolution, 87–88
Ruysch, 82
Smiley’s catalog on, 89
The American Pilot (Norman and Norman), 160, 178, 203–204, 205
Antippas, Andy, 111
Antwerp, 53–54
Apian, Peter, 175, 185, 186, 193–194, 213
Appendix Theatri Ortelli et Atlantis Mercator (Blaeu), 57–58
Arader, Graham
biography of, 75–78
business transactions with Smiley, 93
charitable donations, 215
criticism of Smiley, 80–81, 84, 105, 157–158, 170, 179
role in apprehending map thieves, 110–111, 112, 113, 136
on Smiley’s thefts, 92, 184, 211
Arkway, Richard, 80, 81, 149, 163, 179, 190, 191, 202, 204, 205
Arterton, Janet Bond, 182–183, 195, 198, 201
Art market, 78–79, 112
Ashton, Jean, 114–116
Associated Press, 77
The Atlantic Neptune (Des Barres), 88, 160–161, 192
Atlas (Mercator), 57, 62, 174
Atlas Books, 60
Atlas Maior (Blaeu), 58, 114
Atlas Maritimus (Seller), 65, 67, 68, 98, 191
Auctions, 103–104, 157–158
Aztec maps, 162, 201, 205
Babylonians, 44
B. Altman, 28–29, 36, 39, 40, 69, 97, 128
Barber, Peter, 186–187, 192
Baynton-Williams, Ashley, 92, 93, 98, 176
“Beaver Map,” 85–86
Bedford, New Hampshire, 27, 30–33
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Foster New England map, 117
insider thefts, 113
Martellus map (1489), 12, 48
Reese’s sales to, 71
security procedures, 112
Smiley case evidence, 168–169, 171, 174, 182–184
at Smiley’s sentencing, 195
Smiley’s thefts from, 9–13, 18–25, 161–165, 205
Belgium, 53
Berry, William, 189–190
Best, George, 175, 186, 187, 205, 210–211, 221
Biblioteca Nacional, 212
Birmingham University, 212
Blaeu, Willem, 57–58, 62, 88, 114, 148
Bland, Gilbert, 107–109, 117–118
Bloomsbury, 146
Boisseau, Jean, 205
Bonner, John, 140–141, 179
“Book breaking,” 73, 78
The Boston Globe, 190
Boston Harbour map, 59, 68
Boston maps
by Bonner, 140–141, 179, 189
in The English Pilot (1708), 68, 70
by Foster, 208
Krieger’s presentation on, 94
Leventhal’s collection, 127–129
Boston Map Society, 128
Boston Police, 179
Boston Public Library
Leventhal’s donation, 154, 160, 215
recovery of stolen maps, 203–204
security practices, 213
at Smiley’s sentencing, 195
Smiley’s thefts from, 144–149, 151, 160–161, 171, 174, 175, 178, 179–180, 190–191
Briggs, Henry, 147–148, 149
British Library
Hakimzadh’s thefts, 212–213
security practices, 213
at Smiley’s sentencing, 195–196, 197
Smiley’s thefts from, 175, 185–189, 192–194, 208, 210–211
Brown University, John Carter Brown Library, 117–118, 121, 127
Brubaker, James, 212
Bry, Theodor de, 146–148, 149, 174, 179, 190, 204
Bunker Hill, Battle of, 190
Buonfiglio, Martin, 20, 21–25, 26, 165, 168
Burden, Philip, 146, 149, 161, 186, 187, 190, 202, 203, 206
California maps, 148–149
Campbell, Tony, 70, 117, 176–177, 180, 187, 211, 212
Canada maps, 86, 146, 175, 178
Cantino, Alberto, 109–110
Cantwell, Dick, 34, 102
Cape Cod maps, 71
Carolina maps, 203–204, 205
Cartography, history of, 44–58
Cassini, Gian Domenico, 63
Champlain, Samuel de, 78, 89, 111, 146, 161, 167, 178, 179, 191–192, 211
Chaplain, Hilary, 32–33
Chapo, Stephen, 110
Charles I (England), 17–18
Charles II (England), 67, 85
Charleston maps, 88, 161, 192
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bsp; Charles V (Spain), 53, 54
Chesapeake Bay, 149, 151, 161, 180, 202, 204
Chicago Tribune, 174
Children, Smiley’s love of, 100–101
Chilmark, 158–159
Christian Brothers Academy, 98
Chrysoloras, Manuel, 46
Clark, Matthew, 71–72, 89
Cobb, David, 127–128, 161, 191–192, 205, 211
Cohen, Paul, 80, 92, 162, 202, 204, 206
Collectors. See Map dealing or collecting
Collet, John, 157
Colonial period maps
American Atlas (Jefferys), 87–88, 111, 178, 179
Evans, 75, 86
Moll, 85–86, 89, 191, 204
Seller, 66–68, 70, 81, 111, 112, 136–137, 139, 202
Smith, 9, 13–14, 17–19, 24, 62, 78, 89, 149, 157–158, 162–163, 170, 174
Speed, 62–63
Columbia University, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 114–116
Columbus, Christopher, 46, 49–51
Cordes, Ellen, 12–13, 20, 24
Cortés, Hernán, 162, 201, 205, 221
Cranmer, Thomas, 175, 193
Cullen, Charles, 174
Cunningham, Greg, 142
Curtis, Jim, 204, 205
Dablon, Claude, 192
Damiani, Richard, 183, 202
Danforth, Susan, 117–118
Dealers. See Map dealing or collecting
Dearington, Mike, 202
Delaney, Richard, 212
De L’Isle, Guillaume, 86, 89, 190
Dell’Arcano del Mare (Dudley), 151, 178, 204
Derryfield School, 32–33
Des Barres, J.F.W., 81, 88, 157, 160–161, 192, 221
Dias, Bartolomeu, 47, 48
Doncker, Hendrick, 180
Dow, Susan, 133, 143
“Dragon’s tail,” 48, 51, 52
Dudley, Sir Robert, 135, 149–151, 178, 179, 202, 204
Dutch East India Company, 58, 110
Dutch maps, 53, 55–58, 62–63
The Early Cartography of North America: A Selection of Maps, Atlases, and Books 1507–1807 (Smiley), 89
Egyptians, 44
Ellicott, Andrew, 82, 89, 97, 119–120, 189
English maps, 62–68, 84–87, 149–151
The English Pilot (Seller, Thornton, Mount and Page)
1708 edition, 68
1713 edition, 91–92, 97, 98
background, 65–66
first edition (1689), 70, 97
The Fourth Book, 65–66, 97, 98
Slaughter’s collection, 82, 119, 126
Eponymous projection, 55
Eratosthenes, 45, 46
Evans, Lewis, 75, 86
ExLibris, 170
Faden, William, 88, 157, 190
Fariel, Glen, 130, 142, 143–144
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
maps still in possession, 221–222
recovery of stolen maps, 191–192, 204
Smiley investigation, 167–174, 178–180, 187
at Smiley’s sentencing, 199
Ferriero, David, 195
Field, Clive, 187, 188, 192, 195–196, 197, 201
Fiering, Norman, 117, 127
Fine, Oronce, 162
Finnemore, Louisa, 129, 132
Fischer, Bennett, 100, 154, 194
Fisher, William, 66
Florida maps, 147, 149, 160, 190
Forbes, John, 87
Fort Devens Federal Medical Center, 208
Fort Duquesne, 87
Foster, John, 70, 89, 107, 117, 161, 208
Foxe, Luke, 26, 170
Francis Edwards, 59–61
Franklin Institute, 71–72
Free Library of Philadelphia, 111
French and Indian War, 86–87
French maps, 63, 85–87, 145–146
Gama, Vasco de, 47
Geographia (Ptolemy), 45–46, 48
George Peabody Library, 108
German maps, 48, 52
Glaser, Charles Lynn, 111
Goldman, Bob, 187–189, 192–194, 196, 211
Gordon, Bob, 149, 202, 204
Greeks, 44–46
Grim, Ron, 160, 161, 171, 174, 177, 178, 179–180, 190–191, 192, 203–204
Gutenberg, Johannes, 48
Haas, Scott, 69, 128–129
Hakimzadeh, Farhad, 212–213
Hakluyt, Richard, 26, 147, 170
Hall, Ralph, 174
Hampshire College, 34–35
Hartford Courant, 170, 171, 184, 201, 205
Harvard University, 127–128, 161, 190, 191–192, 205, 211
Harvey, Miles, 108–109
Henry the Navigator, 47
Holme, Thomas, 85, 89, 221
Holohan, Bill, 20, 22, 23, 24
Hondius, Jodocus, 57, 147, 148
Huback, Michael, 110
Hubbard, William, 117, 161
Hudson, Alice
biography of, 37–38
Mercator Society, 69, 70, 97, 98
recovery of stolen maps, 203, 204
relationship with Smiley, 123
Slaughter donation, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124–125, 126
Smiley’s thefts, 156–157, 171, 195, 214
Hudson, Henry, 148
Huttich, Johann, 161–162
International Conference on the History of Cartography, 141–142, 176
The Island of Lost Maps (Harvey), 108–109
James Ford Bell Library, 111
Jamestown, 15–17
Jansson, Jan, 57, 62, 148
Jefferson, Peter, 87
Jefferson, Thomas, 97, 119
Jefferys, Thomas, 87–88, 111, 178, 179, 192
Jode, Gerard de, 25, 56, 145, 163, 179, 182–183
Johnson, Benjamin, 113
Karrow, Bob, 174, 196
Kaye, Margit, 111, 136–137, 138, 139–140, 180–181, 189, 190, 205
Kelleher, Stephen J.
recovery of stolen maps, 191–192, 203, 204, 206
Smiley case, 167–174, 178–179, 182, 187
at Smiley’s sentencing, 194, 199
Kino, Eusebio, 148
Krieger, Alex, 92, 94–96, 128, 154
Lake Champlain, 62
Lea, Philip, 190
LeClerc, Paul, 120–121, 122, 125
Lello, Jayne, 131, 133
Le Moyne, Jacques, 146–147, 149, 190
Les Voyages du Sieur de Champlain (Champlain), 146, 161, 178, 211
Leventhal, Norman, 39–40, 61–62, 68, 73, 81–82, 94–96, 127–129, 154, 177, 215
Lewis and Clark expedition, maps from, 112
Libraries. See also specific libraries
recovery of stolen maps, 191–192, 203–206, 210
security practices, 116–118, 163, 213–214
Smiley case evidence, 171–178
vulnerability to theft, 113, 176–177
Library of Congress, 114, 121–122, 222
London Map Fair, 10
Louisiana maps, 140
MacLean, Barry, 80–81, 105, 176
MacNamara, Lisa, 221–222
Madison, James, 84, 89
Mallett, David, 130, 131, 133–134
Mannarino, Ralph, 13, 20, 24
The Map Collector, 61, 71, 79, 81
The Map Collector’s Circle (Vere), 61
Map dealing or collecting
1980s boom, 78–79
after WWI, 60
appeal of, 43–44
auctions, 103–105
business conventions, 42–43
first, 55
number o
f, 42
restitution orders after Smiley’s sentencing, 202–203, 206
Smiley case evidence, 178–179
stolen maps, 113, 117–118, 211
Map distortions, 42, 52
Mapping Boston, 127–129
Maps and Map-Makers (Vere), 60–61
Marco Polo, 47, 49, 50
Margolis, Bernard, 190, 195
Marineau, Kim, 170
Martellus, Henricus, 12, 48
Martha’s Vineyard, 27, 124, 129, 158–160, 202–203
Massachusetts Bay Colony, 18, 66–67
Mather, Cotton, 67
McCorkle, Barbara, 98, 127
McDade, Travis, 113, 115
Melamed, Fred, 34, 69
Melish, John, 153, 156–157
Mercator, Gerard, 52, 54–55, 57, 62, 174
Mercator Society, 69–70, 98
Miami International Art Fair (2013), 41–44, 157
Mills, Nancy, 155
Mitchell, John, 86, 87, 89
Moll, Herman, 85–86, 89, 191, 204
Montresor, John, 87, 192
Morden, Robert, 189–190
Moriarty, Bill, 132–134, 143, 144, 155–156, 171, 215
Moriarty, Charlene, 132–134, 142, 143, 144, 155–156, 171, 215
Mount and Page, 59, 66, 68, 221
Murphy, Bill, 133, 142, 143
Musto, Fred, 137, 138, 140, 180–181
Nebenzahl, Ken, 95, 96
Netherlands, 53, 55–58, 62–63
Newberry Library, 174–175, 196–197
New England maps
Foster, 70, 89, 117, 161
Morden and Berry (1676), 189–190
Norman and Coles (1785), 95
Seller, 66–68, 70, 81, 111, 112, 136–137, 139, 202
Smith, 9, 13–14, 17–19, 24, 62, 157–158, 162–163, 170
New France maps
Boisseau, 205
Champlain, 78, 89, 111, 146, 161, 167, 191–192, 211
Dablon, 205
Moll, 86
New Haven Superior Court, 170
New Jersey maps, 70, 97, 157
Newman, Harry
on auctions, 103, 104
grandfather’s Lewis and Clark map sale, 112
relationship with Smiley, 81, 176
Smiley case evidence, 179, 189–190, 205–206
Smiley’s restitution payments to, 202, 214
transactions with Smiley, 84, 89, 139, 141, 149, 160, 162
Newman, Robert, 81, 202, 214
New Scotland maps, 147, 186, 187
The New Yorker, 7, 78
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