The Map Thief (31 page)
Authors: Michael Blanding
FIGURE N.
HENRY BRIGGS. “THE NORTH PART OF AMERICA CONTEYNING . . . THE LARGE AND GOODLY ILAND OF CALIFORNIA.” LONDON, 1625.
FIGURE O.
E. FORBES SMILEY III, MUGSHOT. JULY 8, 2005.
FIGURE P.
SMILEY LEAVING COURT AFTER HIS SENTENCE HEARING. SEPTEMBER 28, 2006.
MAPS SMILEY ADMITTED STEALING
KEY:
Boston/M = Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library
Boston/B = Boston Public Library, Rare Books Department
British Library = British Library, Map Library
Harvard = Harvard University, Houghton Library
Newberry = Newberry Library
New York/M = New York Public Library, Map Division
New York/B = New York Public Library, Rare Book Division
Yale/B = Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Yale/M = Yale University, Sterling Memorial Library Map Collection
Date | Creator | Title | Owner | Status |
1520 | Peter Apian | Tipus Orbis Universalis (world) | British Library | Recovered |
1524 | Hernán Cortés | Untitled (Tenochtitlán/Gulf of Mexico) | Harvard | Recovered |
1532 | Oronce Fine | Nova et Integra Vniversi Orbis Descriptio (double-cordiform world) | Yale/B | Unrecovered |
1535 | Gregorius Reisch | Typus Universalis Terrae (world) | New York/M | Recovered |
1572 | Antonio Lafreri | Untitled (Salamanca world map) | New York/B | Recovered |
1577 | Pietro Martire d’Anghiera | Untitled (West Indies) | New York/B | Recovered |
1578 | George Best | Untitled (Northwest Passage) | New York/B | Recovered |
1578 | Gerard de Jode | Vniversi Orbis Sev Terreni Globi (world) | Yale/B | Recovered |
1581 | Nicola van Sype | La Herdike Enterprinse Faict (world/Drake circumnavigation) | New York/B | Recovered |
1582 | Richard Hakluyt and Robert Thorne | Untitled (world) | New York/B | Recovered |
1587 | Richard Hakluyt and Pietro Martire d’Anghiera | De Orbe Novo (America) | Yale/B | Recovered |
1589 | Richard Hakluyt | Typus Orbis Terrarum (world) | Yale/B | Recovered |
1593 | Cornelius de Jode | Hemisphaerium Ab Aequinoctiali Linea (double-hemisphere world) | Boston/M | Recovered |
1593 | Cornelius de Jode | Americae Pars Borealis | Boston/M | Recovered |
1596 | Theodor de Bry | America sive Novus | Boston/B | Recovered |
1599 | Edward Wright | A Particular Sea Chart for the Islands Azores | Yale/B | Recovered |
1599 | Edward Wright | A Plat of All the World | Yale/B | Recovered |
1609 | Marc Lescarbot | Figvre de la Terre Nevve, Grand Riviere de Canada | Harvard | Recovered |
1613 | Samuel de Champlain | Carte Géographique de la Nouvelle France | New York/B | Recovered |
1616 | Gabriel Tatton | Californiae Nouae Hispaniae Mexicanae et Peruviae | Yale/M | Recovered |
1618 | Jodocus Hondius and Dirk Grijp | Nova Virginiae Tabula | New York/M | Recovered |
1625 | Henry Briggs | The North Part of America | Boston/B | Recovered |
1630 | Jodocus Hondius | America Noviter Delineata | Boston/B | Recovered |
1631 | John Smith | New England | Yale/B | Recovered |
1632 | Samuel de Champlain | Carte Géographique de la Nouvelle France | New York/B | Recovered |
1634 | William Wood | The South Part of New England | Boston/M | Recovered |
1635 | John Ogilby | Nova Terrae-Mariae Tabula (“Lord Baltimore” map of Maryland) | New York/B | Unrecovered |
1635 | Luke Foxe | Part of China, Part of America | Yale/B | Recovered |
1636 | Ralph Hall | Virginia | Newberry | Recovered |
1646 | Robert Dudley | Carta Particolare della Nuoua Belgia è Parte della Nuoua Anglia (New England) | Boston/M | Recovered |
1646 | Robert Dudley | Carta Particolare della Costa di Florida e di Virginia (Carolina) | Boston/M | Recovered |
1646 | Robert Dudley | Carta Particolare della Virginia Vecchia e Nuoua (Chesapeake) | Boston/M | Unrecovered |
1655 | John Smith | Virginia | Boston/B | Recovered |
1655 | Hendrick Doncker | West-Indische Paskaert Waer in de Graden der Breedde | Boston/M | Recovered |
1656 | Evert Nieuwenhof | Nova Belgica sive Nieuw Nederlandt | Harvard | Recovered |
1671 | Claude Dablon and Claude Allouez | Lac Tracy ov Svperievr | Harvard | Recovered |
1672 | John Lederer | Map of the Whole Territory Traversed by John Lederer in His Three Marches | Harvard | Recovered |
1675 | John Seller | A New Map of New Jersey in America | Boston/M | Recovered |
1675 | Arent Roggeveen | Nieu Nederland—Streckende vande Zuydt Revier tot de Noordt Revier en’t Lange Eyland (New York and New Jersey) | New York/M | Recovered |
1675 | Arent Roggeveen | Pascaert van Nieu Nederland, Van Hendrick Christiaens Eyland tot Staten Hoeck of Cabo Cod (New England) | New York/M | Recovered |
1676 | Samuel de Champlain | Canada Faict par le Sr. de Champlain (Collet copy) | New York/B | Recovered |
1676 | John Seller | New England | Yale/M | Recovered |
1677 | John Foster | A Map of New England | Harvard | Recovered |
1680 | Robert Morden and John Overton | Ireland | New York/M | Recovered |
1680 | Arent Roggeveen | Pascaerte vande Virginies, Van Baya de la Madelena tot de Zuydt Revier | New York/M | Recovered |
1683 | Louis Hennepin | Carte de la Nouvelle France et de la Louisiane | New York/B | Recovered |
1685 | Philip Lea | Mexico and America | Boston/M | Recovered |
1685 | Philip Lea | A New Mapp of the World | Boston/M | Recovered |
1686 | Philip Lea | A New Map of New England, New York, New Jarsey, Pensilvania, Maryland, and Virginia | Yale/M | Recovered |
1690 | Philip Lea | Map of England without Place Names (Lea 2 and State) | Boston/M | Recovered |
1690 | Philip Lea | Natural Shape of England | Boston/M | Recovered |
1690 | Philip Lea | New Map of England and Wales | Boston/M | Recovered |
1690 | John Thornton | Virginia, Maryland, Pennsilvania, East & West New Jarsey | Boston/M | Recovered |
1691 | Ignace Rouillard | Carte Generalle de la Nouvelle France | Harvard | Recovered |
1694 | John Thornton | New Map of the Cheif [ | Newberry | Unrecovered |
1702 | John Thornton | A New Mapp of East and West New Jarsey | New York/M | Unrecovered |
1710 | Thomas Holme and George Willdey | A Mapp of Ye Improved Part of Pennsilvania in America | Boston/M | Recovered |
1724 | Cadwallader Colden | A Map of the (New York) Country of the Five Nations | Yale/B | Recovered |
1737 | Cyprian Southack | A Correct Map of the Coast of New England | Boston/M | Recovered |
1741 | Daniel Coxe | Map of Carolana and of the River Meschacebe | Boston/B | Recovered |
1743 | John Bonner and William Price | A New Plan of Ye Great Town of Boston in New England in America | Yale/M | Recovered |
1758 | Lewis Evans | A General Map of the Middle British Colonies | New York/M | Recovered |
1759 | Nicholas Scull | Map of the Improved Part of the Province of Pennsylvania | Yale/M | Recovered |
1761 | Joseph Blanchard and Samuel Langdon | An Accurate Map of His Majesty’s Province of New-Hampshire in New England | Yale/M | Recovered |
1764 | Henry Dawkins | A General Chart of Louisiana | New York/M | Recovered |
1765 | Thomas Hutchins | A Map of the Country on the Ohio and Muskingum Rivers | New York/B | Recovered |
1768 | Joshua Fry and Peter Jefferson | A Map of the Most Inhabited Part of Virginia | Boston/M | Recovered |
1768 | Thomas Jefferys | A Map of the Country between Wills Creek & Monongahela River | Boston/M | Recovered |
1768 | John Montresor and Thomas Jefferys | A Plan of the City of New York & Its Environs | New York/M | Recovered |
1770 | John Abraham Collet | A Compleat Map of North Carolina | New York/M | Recovered |
1770 | William Scull | Map of the Province of Pennsylvania | New York/M | Unrecovered |
1772 | William Gerard de Brahm | The Ancient Tegesta East Florida | Boston/M | Recovered |
1772 | William Gerard de Brahm | Chart of the South End of East Florida | Boston/M | Recovered |
1772 | William Gerard de Brahm | Hydrographical Map of Atlantic Ocean | Boston/M | Recovered |
1775 | Lewis Evans | A General Map of the Middle British Colonies | Yale/M | Recovered |
1777 | William Faden | A Plan of the City and Environs of Philadelphia | New York/M | Recovered |
1777 | William Faden | Plan of the Seige of Savannah | New York/M | Recovered |