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New York maps, 192
New York Public Library
Mercator Society, 69–70
recovery of stolen maps, 203
security practices, 213–214
Slaughter donation and exhibit, 120–123, 125, 126–127, 171
Smiley’s research at, 37–40, 61, 64
Smiley’s thefts from, 156–157, 184
The New York Times, 97, 112, 126, 179
Norman, John, 160, 178, 179
Norman, William, 160, 178, 179
North American Maps & Autographs, 40, 71
North Carolina maps, 87, 157
Northwest Passage, 26, 29, 145, 146, 170, 221
Notes on Virginia (Jefferson), 119
Novus Atlas Maritimus (Thornton), 66
O’Connor, Kevin, 194
Ogilby, John, 85
Old Print Shop, 81, 84, 141, 202, 204, 206. See also Newman, Harry
Opie, Fitzhugh Lee, 114
Ortelius, Abraham, 25, 55–56
Osher, Harold, 139, 187, 202
Outlaw, Neil, 43
Parrish, Abe, 180
Passe, Simon van de, 17, 19
Pelham, Henry, 140, 189
Pennsylvania maps, 14, 85, 87, 89, 93
Philadelphia maps, 82, 221
The Piscataquis Observer, 131, 142
Pizzano, David, 158, 159, 175
Place des Antiquaires, 79
Pocahontas, 14, 16
Popple, Henry, 86
Porrúa, José, 94
Portolan charts, 42, 47, 48, 55, 179–180
Prester John, 47
Price, William, 141
The Principall Navigations, Voiages and Discoveries of the English Nation (Hakluyt), 26, 170
Printing press, 48, 53–54
A Prospect of the Most Famous Parts of the World (Speed), 62
Ptolemy, 45–46, 48, 56
Ptolemy, Ulm, 212
Purchas, Samuel, 147, 149, 179, 187
Purchas His Pilgrimes (Purchas), 147, 149, 174, 187
Raleigh, Walter, 149–150
Reed, William, 66–67
Reese, Bill, 71–73, 78, 92, 161, 169, 180–181, 201
Reeve, Dick, 172, 173, 175–176, 183, 184, 190, 193–194, 197, 199, 205
Revolution, American, 87–88, 157, 190
Ringmann, Matthias, 51–52
Rivero, César Gómez, 212
Ruderman, Barry, 103, 157, 170
Ruysch, Johann, 82, 89, 212
Saito, Naomi, 12
Schmeisser, Christopher “Kit,” 173, 177–178, 182, 183, 192, 194, 199, 204
Schwartz, Seymour, 70
Schwartz, Sy, 88
Scull, Nicholas, 93
Sea atlases. See also The English Pilot
The Atlantic Neptune (Des Barres), 88, 160–161, 192
Atlas Maritimus (Seller), 65, 67, 68, 98, 191
by Clark, 71–73
Dell’Arcano del Mare (Dudley), 150–151, 178, 204
in FBI’s possession after Smiley case, 221
rarity of, 67
Washington’s, 81
Sebec, Maine
entertainment of friends in, 100–103
history of, 98–99
house purchase, 83, 99–100
map (1860), 91
Smiley’s businesses, 131–134, 142–144, 154–156, 171, 202, 214–215
Smiley’s community involvement, 129–134, 206–207
Sebec Village Shops, 131–132, 142–144, 155–156, 159–160, 214–215
Security practices, 116–118, 163, 213–214
Seller, John. See also The English Pilot
Atlas Maritimus, 65, 67, 68, 98, 191
biography of, 64–68
New England maps, 66–68, 70, 81, 111, 112, 136–137, 139, 202
Sentencing, 194–199, 201–202
Slater, Felicity, 100–101, 170
Slater, Gordy, 101, 217
Slater, Scott
Boys’ Weekends, 101–102, 154, 209–210
letters to Smiley when imprisoned, 216–217
at Leventhal exhibition at Boston Public Library, 128
on Martha’s Vineyard house project, 158
New York Public Library visit, 127, 128
on Smiley’s arrest, 170
on Smiley’s financial system, 83
on Smiley’s generosity, 102
on Smiley’s intelligence, 34
at Smiley’s sentencing, 194
at Smiley’s wedding, 69
vacations in Maine, 83, 100
Slaughter, Lawrence, 68–69, 82, 91, 96–98, 119–123, 125, 126–127, 171, 189
Slaughter, Susan, 120, 122, 123, 125
Slifer, Rosejeanne, 28, 40, 61
Small, Buzz, 143, 155
Smiley, Adele Moreau (mother), 30
Smiley, Edward Forbes (grandfather), 29
Smiley, Edward Forbes, III
after imprisonment, 215–219
arrest, prosecution, and sentencing, 163–165, 167–184, 194–199, 201–202
birth of son, 129
business names, 40, 71
business strategy and skills, 79–80, 104–105
carpentry skills, 34–35, 36
childhood of, 29–33
college experience, 34–35
early career, 28–29, 37–40
financial situation, 11, 83–84, 94, 98, 123, 159–160, 162–163, 175
generosity to friends, 101–102
health problems, 125–126, 159, 194, 206
imprisonment, 208–210
painting, 217–218
personality of, 10–11, 32, 34, 36–37, 154–155
physical appearance, 32, 33, 82–83
scholarly articles and catalogs, 64, 88–90, 98
Smiley, Edward Forbes II (father), 29–30
Smiley, Edward Forbes IV “Ned” (son), 129, 207–208
Smiley, Lisa (wife), 36, 40, 69, 70–71, 79, 99, 100, 124, 129, 158
Smiley, Marilyn (sister), 30, 32
Smiley, Marion (sister), 30
Smiley, Susan (sister), 30, 32
Smith, John
childhood and early adventures, 14–15
death of, 18
in Jamestown, 15–17
New England map, 9, 13–14, 17–19, 24, 62, 157–158, 162–163, 170
Pocahontas legend, 14, 16
Virginia Company expedition to America, 15
Virginia map, 78, 89, 149, 174
Sotheby’s, 98, 146, 189, 211
South Carolina maps, 14, 174
Spanish maps, 110
Speculum Orbis Terrarum (de Jode), 25, 56, 145, 163, 179
Speed, John, 60, 62, 63–64, 148
Spiegelman, Daniel, 114–116
Statt, Paul
Boys’ Weekends, 154
childhood friendship with Smiley, 32–33, 35
on Derryfield school, 32
on Martha’s Vineyard house project, 158
New York Public Library visit, 127
referral of lawyer, 172
on Sebec home, 83
Smiley’s betrayal of, 216
at Smiley’s court appearance, 182
on Smiley’s generosity, 36
on Smiley’s personality changes, 154
on Smiley’s Sebec home purchase, 100
at Smiley’s sentencing, 194
at Smiley’s wedding, 69
vacations in Maine, 101–102
Sterling Memorial Library
description of, 135–136
New England map (Seller), 81
security practices, 213
/> Smiley case evidence, 171, 180–182
thefts, 13, 110–112, 135–141, 156, 184, 189–190, 205
Swann Galleries, 157–158
Taliaferro, Henry, 78, 202, 204, 206
Tallman, Jean, “Map of Bedford Center,” 27
Tenochtitlán, 162, 201, 205, 221
Thames School, 85
The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britaine (Speed), 60
Theft of Major Artwork Act, 169, 188
Thefts
Arader’s view of, 76–77
by Bland, 107–109
from Boston Public Library, 144–149, 151, 160–161, 171, 174, 175, 178, 179–180, 190–191
from British Library, 175, 185–189, 192–194, 208, 210–213
from Harvard University, 161
history of, 109–110
by insiders, 113
from Library of Congress, 114
library security practices, 116–118
methods, 113, 208
motives for, 113
from New York Public Library, 156–157, 184
number attributed to Smiley, 210–211
recent, 212–213
Smiley’s arrest, prosecution, and sentencing, 163–165, 167–184, 194–199, 201–202
Smiley’s rationalization of, 153–154, 206–207
of Smiley’s studio, 91–94
by Spiegelman, 114–116
vulnerability of dealers and libraries, 113, 176–177
from Yale Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 161–165
from Yale Sterling Memorial Library, 110–112, 135–141
Thornton, John, 66, 70, 89, 157, 174, 190, 221
Thornton, Samuel, 140
T-O maps, 47
Tooley, Ronald Vere (R.V. or Mick), 59–61, 77, 139
Turner, Frank, 195
United States, maps of. See American maps and map making
University of Georgia, 113
US Attorney’s Office, 179, 188
Van de Passe, Simon, 17, 19
Vermeer, Jan, 57
Vespucci, Amerigo, 51–52
Virginia maps, 78, 84, 89, 97, 135, 149, 151, 174, 190, 204
Von Elgg, Bob, 102, 128, 154, 209
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 64
Waldseemüller, Martin, 41, 49–52, 110, 175
Walker, Bill, 121–122, 124, 125
Wall Street Journal, 77
Washington D.C. maps, 82, 89, 97, 119–120, 189
Washington Heights, 35–36
Welsh, Howard, 97
Western Washington University, 212
West Indies maps, 191, 204
White, John, 147, 149, 190, 204
Willingham, Robert “Skeet,” 113
Witten, Laurence, 111–112
Wood, William, 62
Woodward, David, 70
Woram, John, 212
World maps
Apian, 175, 185, 186, 193, 194, 213
Best, 186, 187, 205, 210–211
first, 44
Hakluyt’s Principall Navigations, 170
Martellus, 12
Mercator, 54–55
of Middle Ages, 47
Ortelius, 25, 26, 56, 145
Ruysch, 82, 212
sixteenth century, 52
from Speculum Orbis Terrarum, 163, 164, 168
Ulm Ptolemy, 212
Waldseemüller, 49–52, 175
Wormholes, 168–169, 183
Yale Police, 20
Yale University. See Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library; Sterling Memorial Library