Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Louis Charles Karpinski collection
- Dates:
- 1500-1821
- Creators:
- Karpinski, Louis Charles, 1878-1956
- Abstract:
- Collection of facsimiles of maps collected by American professor and cartographic specialist Louis Charles Karpinski.
- Extent:
- 36 Linear Feet (23 boxes)
- Language:
- Materials are in English, French, Spanish, and Russian.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Louis Charles Karpinski collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection is made up of facsimiles of 835 maps chiefly related to America before 1800. It includes: a. Portolan charts, mainly 16th century; b. maps of French exploration and settlement, especially in Canada, Great Lakes area, Mississippi River basin and the Louisiana Territory; c. maps of Spanish exploration and settlement, especially in Florida, Louisiana Territory, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean areas, American Southwest, West Coast from Mexico to the Bering Straits, and Mexico; and d. military maps of the American Revolution, including the European conflict in the West Indies and naval encounters during the period. The collection also includes many maps showing the locations of Indigenous people in America.
- Biographical / historical:
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Louis C. Karpinski (1878-1956) was Professor of Mathematics at the University of Michigan and a cartographic specialist who published numerous books both in the fields of mathematics and cartography. One of his important projects was to go to Europe and select unpublished manuscript maps relating to the history of America before 1800 from archives in France, Spain, and Portugal. These maps, which were difficult to obtain in the United States, were reproduced in large clear facsimile form to make them available for scholarly research here. His project was sponsored jointly by the Clements Library, Library of Congress, New York Public Library, Ayers Collection of the Newberry Library and the Huntington Library. Each institution was to receive a collection of fascimiles of the maps he selected and a copy of his inventory.
Dr. Karpinski organized the maps by archive and listed them according to their original identification numbers. A copy of this inventory, which has now been annotated with the Huntington Library's numbering system, is available in the Manuscripts Reference Room (fZ 6023 K3).
The collection has been kept in Karpinski's original sequence, but is numbered and indexed for ease of access. A short title index of the collection, tabulated to show the information given as to author, title, date, and map area, accompanies this report. A few of the maps listed by Dr. Karpinski were not in the collection (the entries have been kept in the short title index to preserve the reference, but marked "not found"); other maps were in the collection but not on Dr. Karpinski's list. Following the short title index is an alphabetical index of authors and subjects.
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Louis Charles Karpinski, 1928.
- Arrangement:
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The collection has been kept in Karpinski's original sequence, but is numbered and indexed for ease of access.
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Early maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles
Indians of North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles
Military maps -- Early works to 1800 -- Facsimiles
Facsimiles
Maps
Military maps
Portolanos - Places:
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Maps
America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Canada -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Europe -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
Mexico -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
North America -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Maps
United States -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
West (U.S.) -- Maps -- Early works to 1800
West Indies, British -- Maps -- Early works to 1800 - Indexes:
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Author Index
Abreu, Antonio 570 Agnese, Baptista Alvarez Barreiro, Francisco Amelot, Hypolito 603 Anbile, N. N. 506 Angelus 70 Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' Arce, Armando 560 Armona, MatĂas de 509 Arredondo, Antonio de 624 Aubry, Nicolas Aux, Chevalier d' see D'Aux, Chevalier Ayala, Juan Manuel de 518 Bagay, Nicolás de la Cruz 610 Barreiro, Francisco Alvarez see Alvarez Barreiro, Francisco Bauman, Sebastian 157 Bauvillier, Sieur de see Beauvilliers, Sieur de Beaurain 244 Beauvilliers, Sieur de Bellin, Jacques Nicolas BĂ©ranger, Jean Berlinguero, Nicolas Berlin-Guieri 645 Berthier Blanchard, Joseph 163 Blaskowits, Charles 246 Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco de la Boiscle 95 Boishebert, de see Deschamps de BoishĂ©bert, Charles Bonnecamps, Joseph-Pierre de 379 Boot, Adrian 481 Bouillet 29 Bourg, Marie François Cromot, Baron du Bowen, Thomas 13 Brion de la Tour, Louis 324 Broutin, J. F. Buache, Philippe Caiz, Juan 314 Calleja, Felix del Rey 541 Camacho, Josef 527 Campo, Jossef del Capitaine, Michel Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de CastellĂł, Pablo Causse, Bernard 316 Celi, Francisco MarĂa 669 Chantovoine 426 Chastenet-PuisĂ©gur, Jacques, Comte de 271 Chaussegros de LĂ©ry, Gaspard-Joseph (père) Chaussegros de LĂ©ry, Gaspard-Joseph (fils) Chauuel?, Yan? 334 Chevillot 310 Cierto, AndrĂ©s 672 Collot, George Henry Victor 161 Colom, Jacob Aertsz 190 Combe, Querenet de la see Querenet de la Combe Combletee, de 461 Consag, Fernando 558 Corral, Miguel del 533 Cortes, Phelipe Feringan see Feringan Cortes, Phelipe Cosa, Juan de la 763 Cossin, Johan 24 CostansĂł, Miguel Cotilla, Juan de 508 Couagne, RenĂ© de Crenay, Baron de 450 Crespi, Juan Cuio, SimĂłn de 599 D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon see Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' D'Aux, Chevalier 239 Decouagne see Couagne, RenĂ© de Delisle, Guillaume Denaulx, Pierre 188 Desandrouins Deschamps de BoishĂ©bert, Charles 403 Desliens, Nicolas 23 Devin, F. Dirckx, Jan 186 Diron Dourado, FernĂŁo Vaz see Vaz Dourado, FernĂŁo Du Bocage, Georges-Boissaye 193 Du Breuil, R. 567 Duchesneau 211 Du Chesnoy 431 Dufossat, Guy 605 Dumont de Montigny Duparquet, Carlos 551 Dupont, Jean 189 Dusault Du Val, Pierre 197 Echegaray, MartĂn de 484 Eliza, Francisco 650 Escandon, Joseph de 504 Evia, JosĂ© de Ezeta, Bruno de see Hezeta, Bruno de Faneau Quesada, Antonio see Faveau Quesada, Antonio Faveau Quesada, Antonio 651 Fer, Nicolas de 359 Feringan Cortes, Phelipe 505 Ferten, Francisco 607 Figueroa, GerĂłnimo de la Rocha y see Rocha y Figueroa, GerĂłnimo de la Fitzhugh, Augustine 238 Font, Pedro Fonville, de 352 Fora, Nicolas de la see Lafora, Nicolas de Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis GarcĂ©s, Francisco 556 Gaugy 196 Gerald, M. F. 320 GĂłngora, Carlos SigĂĽenza y see SigĂĽenza y GĂłngora, Carlos Guerard, Jean Guerrero, Pedro 589 Guillemaro, Gilberto GutiĂ©rrez, Diego 184 Haro, Gonzalo LĂłpez de see LĂłpez de Haro, Gonzalo Hezeta, Bruno de Homem 16 Huet, Luis 549 Isle, Guillaume de l' see Delisle, Guillaume Jolliet, Louis Kergariou, A. de 331 (a-c) Kino, Eusebio Francisco 492 Labrosse, Paul 459 Lafora, Nicolas de La Galissonnière, Marquis de 378 La Jemeray, de 412 Lallemant, N. 216 Langdon, Samuel 163 La Touche, M. de 233 Laure, P. 377 Le Blond de la Tour 304-305 Le Maire, F. Lemoine 255 LĂ©ry, Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de see Chaussegros de LĂ©ry, Gaspard-Joseph L'Etanduère, Sieur de 198 Levasseur, Guillaume 187 LĂ©vĂŞque, Pierre 196 Lherbours 76 (j) Liaño, Tomás de Ugarte y see Ugarte y Liaño, Tomás de Liebant, François 76 (1) Liguera, Juan de Lisboa, JoĂŁo de 725-744 L'Isle, Guillaume de see Delisle, Guillaume LĂłpez, AgustĂn 616 LĂłpez de Haro, Gonzalo LuĂs, Lázaro 756-761 Mandeville, Sieur de 436 Mansuy Manuel, Juan 334 Marquese, Comte 199 Martines, Joan Martinez, Enrique 480 Martinez, Fernando 501 Martinez y Zayas 517 Mascaro, Manuel AgustĂn 524 Matos, Antonio de Medina, Pedro de 579 Medina y Cabrera, Nicolás Joseph 684 Mexia, Albaro 571 Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de 622 Minet 291 Mourelle, Francisco Antonio Mullon 454 Navas, Francisco de 613 Nebot, Pasqual Nicolai 200 Nicolas 1 Nolin, Jean Baptiste 332 Norlet 288 Ochagac O'Conner 452 Olano, Pedro Ruiz de see Ruiz de Olano, Pedro Oliva (or Olives), Joannes 711-715 Olivan Rebolledo, Juan de 493 Ortiz Parrilla, Diego Parrilla, Diego Ortiz see Ortiz Parrilla, Diego Pechon, J. Peyre, de 26 Pineda, Joseph Antonio de 660 Pond, Peter 382 Puente, Juan JosĂ© Elixio de la Querenet de la Combe Quesada, Antonio Faveau see Faveau Quesada, Antonio Raffeix, Pierre 27 Rebolledo, Juan de Olivan see Olivan Rebolledo, Juan de RĂ©gis du Roulet see Roullet, RĂ©gis du Rocha y Figueroa, GerĂłnimo de la Rochefontaine 262 Roman, Bernardo 670 Rongel, Pablo Rotie, Denis de 195 Roullet, RĂ©gis du Ruiz, Antonio 674 Ruiz de Olano, Pedro Samier?, V? 569 Sanches, Domingos 2 Santa Cruz, Alonso de 474 Seignelay, Jean Baptiste Colbert, Marquis de 205 Serigny, M. de 169 Sgrooten, Christian 586-588 SigĂĽenza y GĂłngora, Carlos Swelinck, Jan 374 Teixeira 192 Teixeira, Domingos 180 Thierry, Sieur 175 Toledo, JosĂ© de 659 Torre, MartĂn de la 572 Torres, Juan de 562 Tour, Brion de la see Brion de la Tour, Louis Tour, Le Blond de la see Le Blond de la Tour Troncoso, Diego 630 Ugarte y Liaño, Tomás de Urrutia, Joseph de 629 Val, Pierre du see Du Val, Pierre Vasquez, Joseph 647 Vaz Dourado, FernĂŁo Velette, de 298 Vermale, Sieur 416 Viegas, Gaspar Luis 3 Vila, Vicente 507 Villeneuve, Sieur de 219 Vion, Blaize Subject Index
Acadia (Can.) Africa Alabama Alaska American Revolution Annapolis 135 Boston Canada 104 Charleston (S.C.) Maine 233-234 Monmouth (N.J.) Naval encounters New Jersey 79-80 New York Norfolk (Va.) 142 Philadelphia Portsmouth (Va.) 267 Rhode Island Saratoga (N.Y.) 146 Savannah (Ga.) Trenton (N.J.) 149 Virginia West Indies West Point (N.Y.) 340 West Point (Va.) Williamsburg (Va.) 120 Yorktown (Va.) Annapolis (Md.) 135 Arabian area Arizona Asia Atlantic Ocean Barbados Bering Straits Biloxi (Miss.) Boston California Canada 78 Central Eastern West coast Caribbean area Champlain, Lake Charleston (S.C.) Cuba Dauphin Island (Ala.) see Mobile Bay Dominica (W.I.) East Indies Erie, Lake Europe Florida Galveston (Tex.) Georgia Great Lakes Grenada (W.I.) Guadeloupe (W.I.) 140 Gulf of Mexico Haiti 325 Hudson Bay area Huron, Lake Illinois Native American tribes: Iroquois Native American tribes in: Arizona California Canada Great Lakes area Illinois Louisiana Mexico Mississippi River area New England 400 New Mexico New York Ohio United States (Central) United States (Eastern) United States (Southeast) United States (Southwest) Jamaica 645 Juan de Fuca Straits 535-540 Kingston (Canada) 104 LaSalle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de Louisiana Louisburg (N.S.) 221 Maine Martinique (W.I.) Maryland Matagorda Bay (Tex.) Mexico Michigan, Lake Mississippi Mississippi River Mobile Bay (Ala.) (including Dauphin Island) Monmouth (N.J.) Monterey (Calif.) Natchez (Miss.) Natchitoches (La.) 433 Newfoundland New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New Orleans New York Norfolk (Va.) 142 North America Ohio area Ontario, Lake Pacific Ocean Panama 33 Pennsylvania Pensacola (Fla.) Philadelphia area (including Delaware River and Delaware Bay) Portolan Charts (and early maps) Portsmouth (Va.) Quebec Revolutionary War see American Revolution Rhode Island St. Augustine (Fla.) St. Christopher (W.I.) St. Eustatius (W.I.) 1 (f) St. Joseph Bay (Fla.) St. Lawrence River St. Lucia (W.I.) San Diego (Calif.) 507 San Francisco San Simon (Ga.) 624 Santo Domingo Saratoga (N.Y.) 146 Savannah (Ga.) South America South Carolina Superior, Lake Tampa (Fla.) Texas Ticonderoga (N.Y.) 108 Tobago (W.I.) Trenton (N.J.) 149 United States Central section Eastern section Great Lakes area Northeastern section Pacific Northwest Southeastern section and Gulf Coast Southwestern section West Coast Virginia West Indies see Caribbean area and entries for individual islands West Point (N.Y.) West Point (Va.) 342 Williamsburg (Va.) World Yazoo (Miss.) Yorktown (Va.)
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2026-05-28 16:34:45 -0700 .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information please contact the Reader Services Department.
- Terms of access:
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Copies of selected items may be made for personal reference purposes only. Since the collection consists of facsimiles, permission to reproduce any item for publication should be requested directly from the repository holding the original manuscript of the item.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of item], Louis Charles Karpinski collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
- Location of this collection:
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1151 Oxford RoadSan Marino, CA 91108, US
- Contact:
- (626) 405-2191