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Maps have long exerted a special fascination on viewersboth as beautiful works of art and as practical tools to navigate the world. But to those who collect them, the map trade can be a cutthroat business, inhabited by quirky and sometimes disreputable characters in search of a finite number of extremely rare objects.
Once considered a respectable antiquarian map dealer, E. Forbes Smiley spent years doubling as a map thief until he was finally arrested slipping maps out of books in the Yale University library. The Map Thief delves into the untold history of this fascinating high-stakes criminal and the inside story of the industry that consumed him.
Acclaimed reporter Michael Blanding has interviewed all the key players in this stranger-than-fiction story, and shares the fascinating histories of maps that charted the New World, and how they went from being practical instruments to quirky heirlooms to highly coveted objects. Though pieces of the map theft story have been written before, Blanding is the first reporter to explore the story in fulland had the rare privilege of having access to Smiley himself after hed gone silent in the wake of his crimes. Moreover, although Smiley swears he has admitted to all of the maps he stole, libraries claim he stole hundreds moreand offer intriguing clues to prove it. Now, through a series of exclusive interviews with Smiley and other key individuals, Blanding teases out an astonishing tale of destruction and redemption.
The Map Thief interweaves Smileys escapades with the stories of the explorers and mapmakers he knew better than anyone. Tracking a series of thefts as brazen as the art heists in Provenance and a subculture as obsessive as the oenophiles in The Billionaires Vinegar, Blanding has pieced together an unforgettable story of high-stakes crime.
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SMILEYS NEW ENGLAND.
To Zachary and Cleo
May you always find your way.
Contents
List of Characters
ALL TITLES AS OF JUNE 2005, unless otherwise noted.
The Dealers
M ARTHA S V INEYARD
Edward Forbes Smiley III
N E W Y ORK
B. Altman and Co. (closed 1985)
Rosejeanne Slifer (d. 1989)
Arader Galleries
Graham Arader
The Old Print Shop
Harry Newman
Robert Newman
Richard B. Arkway, Inc.
Dick Arkway
Paul Cohen
Henry Taliaferro
N EW H AVEN
Bill Reese
L ONDON
Philip Burden
Ashley Baynton-Williams
Jonathan Potter
R.V. Mick Tooley (d. 1986)
C HICAGO
Ken Nebenzahl
S AN D IEGO
Barry Ruderman
The Libraries
Y ALE U NIVERSITY
Alice Prochaska, head of libraries
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Frank Turner, director
E.C. Schroeder, head of technical services
Ellen Cordes, head of public services
Naomi Saito, library services assistant
Ralph Mannarino, supervisor of building operations and security
Sterling Memorial Library Map Collection
Fred Musto, curator
Margit Kaye, library services assistant
Abe Parrish, GIS specialist
Yale Police Department
Martin Buonfiglio, detective
Bill Holohan, lieutenant
N EW Y ORK P UBLIC L IBRARY
Paul LeClerc, president
David Ferriero, director of the research libraries
Bill Walker, former director of the research libraries
Map Division
Alice Hudson, chief
Matt Knudsen, assistant chief
Nancy Kandoian, map cataloger
Rare Book Division
Michael Inman, curator
B OSTON P UBLIC L IBRARY
Bernard Margolis, president
Norman B. Leventhal Map Center
Ron Grim, curator
Rare Books Department
Earle Havens, curator of manuscripts
Roberta Zonghi, keeper of rare books
H ARVARD U NIV ERSITY
Nancy Cline, head of libraries
Houghton Library
Bill Stoneman, librarian
Map Collection
David Cobb, curator
B RITISH L IBRA RY
Clive Field, director of scholarship and collections
Map Library
Peter Barber, director
Tony Campbell, former director (retired)
N EWBERRY L IBRARY
Charles Cullen, president
Maps Section
Bob Karrow, curator
Collectors
Norman Leventhal (Boston)
Lawrence Slaughter (Larchmont, New York)
Harold Osher (Portland, Maine)
Barry McLean (Chicago)
Bob Gordon (New York)
Jim Curtis (Boston)
Smileys Family and Friends
F AMILY
Edward Forbes Smiley II, father
Adele Smiley, mother
Edward Ned Forbes Smiley IV, son
Marion Smiley, sister
Marilyn (Smiley) Phillips, sister
Susan (Smiley) Burns, twin sister
Lisa Smiley, wife
D ERRYFIELD S CHOOL
Paul Statt
Hilary Chaplain
H AMPSHIRE C OLLEGE
Scott Slater
Bennett Fischer
Scott Haas
Fred Melamed
Dick Cantwell
O THER
Bob von Elgg, Slaters brother-in-law
In Sebec
Glen Fariel, next-door neighbor, former selectman
David Mallett, president, Sebec Historical Society
Jayne Lello, manager, Sebec post office
Bill and Charlene Moriarty, owners, Sebec Village Marina
Buzz Small, selectman
Susan Dow, selectman
Walt Emmons, member, planning department
Louisa Finnemore, president, Sebec Reading Room Association (now Sebec Village Associates)
The Law
Stephen Kelleher, special agent, New Haven field office, FBI
Christopher Kit Schmeisser, assistant US attorney
Janet Bond Arterton, judge, US Court, District of Southern Connecticut
Michael Dearington, states attorney, state of Connecticut
Richard Damiani, judge, Connecticut District Court
Bob Goldman, former special trial attorney, US Justice Department, now managing partner, Goldman Law Offices
SELECTED MAPMAKERS, 14701860
Name | Nationality | Dates* |
Martin Waldseemller | German | 14701520 |
Hernn Corts | Spanish | 14851547 |
Oronce Fine | French | 14941555 |
Peter Apian | German | 14951552 |
Gerard de Jode | Flemish | 15091591 |
Gerard Mercator | Flemish | 15091591 |
Abraham Ortelius | Flemish | 15271598 |
Theodor de Bry | Flemish | 15281598 |
Robert Dudley | English | 15311588 |
Jacques Le Moyne | French | 15331588 |
John White | English | 15401593 |
John Speed | English | 15421629 |
Richard Hakluyt | English | 15521616 |
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