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Date:   Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:12:12 -0500
From:   Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]>
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Angie,

Would you please post this announcement on behalf of Ron Grim, Curator
of Maps at Boston Public Library? Thanks!

Paige

> *FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: *November 11, 2006
> *
> MEDIA CONTACT: *Alexandra Merceron
> Tel # 617-859-2215, [log in to unmask]
> *
>
> **Boston Public Library Identifies Missing Maps
> *
>
> *Boston**, MA*­With the conclusion of the recent Forbes Smiley map
> theft case, in which the former map dealer was convicted of stealing
> maps from several major libraries including Boston Public (BPL), the
> BPL is releasing a list of 36 maps currently classified as missing
> from its Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Rare Books, and Special
> Collections departments (list below). In accord with the other
> libraries involved in the Smiley case, the Boston Public Library is
> releasing this list in an effort to aid in the recovery of missing map
> materials throughout the scholarly community.
>
> Anyone who has information about, or knows the location of, any of
> these maps is asked to please notify Ronald E. Grim, Curator of Maps,
> Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library at
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Information pertaining to the
> maps missing from other institutions can be found on the New York Map
> Society?s website at http://www.nymapsociety.org/FEATURES/WORAM.HTM.
>
>
> *Boston** Public Library - Missing Antiquarian Maps
> *
> 1. Champlain, Samuel de. /Les voyages ?./ (Paris, 1613).
> a. ?Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse faictte (large map
> originally in two parts)
> b. ?Carte geographique de la Nouvelle Franse in sonvray monclin.?
>
> 2. Composite atlas entitled [/Collection of Old Maps/]. 2 volumes of
> maps published primarily in the late 17^th century by various authors
> including DeWitt, Visscher, Bleau, and Lea. Hand written table of
> contents indicates the geographic area of the maps, but usually does
> not include precise titles or authors.
> a. Vol. 2, Map 136, New England, New York, etc.
> b. Vol. 2, Map 144, New Jersey in America.
>
> 3. Dablon, Claude. /Relation ? des peres de la Compagne de Jesus en la
> Nourvelle France/ (Paris, 1673).
> a. Missing map opposite p. 110, ?Lac Superieur et autres lieux ou sont
> les Missions de Peres de la Compagne des Jesus.?
>
> 4. Des Barres, Joseph F.W. /The Atlantic Neptune/ (London, 1777).
> Seven plates are missing from three of the five volumes.
> a. Vol. 1, part 2 is missing no. 62, ?View of Plaister Cliffs.?
> b. Vol. 2, part 2 is missing no. 57, ?Nantucket Island.?
> c. Vol. 2, part 3, is missing five items:
> (1). no. 68, ?Charlestown, the capital of South Carolina.? (2). no.
> 72, ?A Plan of the harbor of St. Augustine.?
> (3). no. 73, ?The northeast shore of the Gulph of Mexico.?
> (4). no. 74, ?Gulph of Mexico.?
> (5). no. 75, ?A Chart of the bay and harbour of Pensacola.?
>
> *5.** *de Bry, Theodore. /Collections, Segunda Editio/, volumes 6-7 (6
> parts)
> *a.* * *Part 1 is missing John Whites?s map of Virginia.
> *b.* * *Part 2 is missing map of Florida.
> c. Part 4 is missing map of the West Indies.
>
> 6. Dudley, Robert. /Dell? Arcano del Mare ?/ (Florence, 1646).
> a. vol. 1, book 2, map no. [10], ?Carte seconda generale del America?
> (Florida to St. Lawrence Gulf).
>
> 7. /English Pilot, Fourth Book/ (London, 1737).
> a. no, [1], ?A new and accurate chart shewing the variations of the
> compass in the Western & Southern oceans as observed in ye year 1700
> by ? Edm. Hailey.?
> b. no. [2], ? A new and correct chart of the north part of America
> from New Found Land to Hudsons Bay.?
>
> 8. Evans, Lewis. /Geographical, Historical, Political ?Essays/
> (Philadelphia, 1755).
> *a.* * *A General map of the Middle British Colonies in America ?? *
> *
> 9. Jefferson, Thomas. /Notes on the State of Virginia/ (London, 1787).
> a. ?A Map of the country between Albemarle Sound and Lake Erie,
> comprehending the whole of Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and
> Pensylvania ??
>
> 10. Jefferys/, /Thomas. /A General Topography of North America/
> (London, 1768).
> *a.* * *map no. 25, ?A Plan of the City of New York and its Environs
> ?? surveyed by John Montresor.*
> *b. * *map no. 29, ?East Prospect of the City of Philadelphia,? by
> George Heap and Nicholas Scull.
>
> 11. Lederer , John. /The Discoveries of John Lederer/ (London, 1672).
> a. Map opposite title page, ?A Map of the Whole Territory Traversed by
> John Lederer in his Three Marches.?
>
> 12. Lootsman, Theunis Jacobsz and Jacob & Casparus. /The Lightning
> Columne or Sea Mirrour/ (English text, 1678).
> a. Map W15, ?De Noord oost zyde van Yerlandt van Caap de Hoorn tot aen
> Hedehde? [northeast side of Ireland].
>
> 13. Lopez y Vargas, Tomas. [/Collection of maps ?/, Madrid, 1770s].
> a. map no. 4, ?Mapa de Africa,? according to hand written table of
> contents.
>
> 14. /The Massachusetts Magazine/, vol. 4 (1792).
> a. Opposite p. 283, ?Plan of the City of Washington.?
>
> 15. Moll, Herman. /The World Described/ (London, 1708-1760, second copy):
> a. map no. 8, ?A New and Exact Map of the Dominions of the King of
> Great Britain on ye continent of North America ??
>
> 16. Norman William. [/The/ /American Pilot/ (Boston, ca. 1798)].
> a. no. [2], ?A New and General Chart of the West Indies.?
>
> 17. Norman, William. /The/ /American Pilot/ (Boston, 1798).
> a. no. [1], ?Chart of Nantucket Shoals.?
> b. no. [5], ?New and Accurate Chart of the Bay of Chesapeake.?
> c. no. [7], ?Chart of New England from South Shoal to Cape Sable.?
> d. no. [8], [Chart of Coast of Maine]..
>
> 18. Purchas, Samuel. [/Purchas his Pilgrimes/], (5 volumes).
> a. ?Virginia? (p. 1692).
> b. ?Nova Scotia? (p. 1874).
>
> 19. Seller, John. /Atlas Maritimus/ (London, 1672).
> a. map no. 30, ?A Chart of the West Indies from Cape Cod to the river
> Oronoque.?
>
> 20. Speed John. /The Theatre of the Empire of Great Britain /(London,
> 1676).
> a. Leaves 9-10, ?America?
>
> Prepared by Ronald E. Grim, Curator of Maps, Norman B. Leventhal Map
> Center, Boston Public Library, 11/1/06.
>
> */About the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center:
> /*Launched in July 2004, The Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the
> Boston Public Library is a public-private partnership, created to
> preserve and provide free public access to the Boston Public Library?s
> collection of 200,000 maps and 5,000 atlases. Its goal is to maximize
> the educational potential of these historical and contemporary maps of
> the World, the United States, and the New England region. For more
> information on the Map Center visit www.leventhalmapcenter.org
> <http://www.mapcenter.org/>.
>
> *About the Boston Public Library:
> *Established in 1848, the BPL was the first publicly supported
> municipal library in America, the first public library to lend books,
> the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children?s
> room. Today, the BPL has 27 neighborhood branches, free Internet
> access, two unique restaurants, an award-winning website (www.bpl.org
> <http://www.bpl.org/>) and an on-line store featuring reproductions of
> the BPL?s priceless photographs and artwork. Each year, the BPL hosts
> nearly 5,000 programs and events, answers more than one million
> reference questions and serves millions of people in its National
> Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square. All of its programs
> and exhibits are free and open to the public.
>
>
> Ronald E. Grim
> Curator of Maps
> Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
> Boston Public Library
> 700 Boylston Street
> Boston, MA 02116
> phone: 617-859-2375
> fax: 617-424-8617
> email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> www.leventhalmapcenter.org
> <http://www.leventhalmapcenter.org/> maps.bpl.org
>
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