Boston curator spies, retrieves stolen Champlain map

BOSTON – One of dozens of historic maps missing from the Boston Public Library turned up in the hands of a New York City antiques dealer, who was offering it for sale at $285,000 last summer before a sharp-eyed library curator spotted it. The 1612 map, compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain, has been returned to its rightful owner as a result and is on display at the library in Copley Square. The map was taken out of a 1613 book describing Champlain's voyages to the

BOSTON – One of dozens of historic maps missing from the Boston Public Library turned up in the hands of a New York City antiques dealer, who was offering it for sale at $285,000 last summer before a sharp-eyed library curator spotted it. The 1612 map, compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain, has been returned to its rightful owner as a result and is on display at the library in Copley Square. The map was taken out of a 1613 book describing Champlain's voyages to the New World, "Les Voy…