-------- Original Message -------- Subject: Fwd: post on MapsL Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:12:12 -0500 From: Paige Andrew <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] 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 > >