Louis Charles Karpinski Collection, 1500-1799

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Summary

Creators:
Karpinski, Louis Charles, 1878-1956
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

Maps related to American history before 1800

  • A. Portolan Charts, early globes and maps (mainly 16th century)
  • B. Maps of French exploration and settlement, especially in Canada, Great Lakes area, Mississippi River basin, and Louisiana Territory
  • C. Maps of Spanish exploration and settlement, especially in Florida, Louisiana Territory, Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean areas, American Southwest, West Coast from Mexico to the Bering Straits, and Mexico
  • D. Military maps of the American Revolution, including the European conflict in the West Indies and naval encounters during the period

[Map areas are listed in the Subject Index, which also notes general topics, such as, American Revolution, Portolan Charts, and maps showing numerous Indian tribes]

Biographical / historical:

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 One of his important projects was to go to Europe and select unpublished manuscript maps relating to the history of America before 1800 from archives in France, Spain, and Portugal.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 in 1928
Physical description:
835 maps (many photographed in several sections)

Indexed terms

Indexes:

Author Index

Abreu, Antonio 570
Agnese, Baptista 71-73, 582-585
Alvarez Barreiro, Francisco 495-98, 573
Amelot, Hypolito 603
Anbile, N. N. 506
Angelus 70
Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d' 38, 41, 56-60, 67-68, 514
Arce, Armando 560
Armona, MatĂ­as de 509
Arredondo, Antonio de 624
Aubry, Nicolas 209, 210
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 18, 166, 296, 361
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas 30, 227, 367
BĂ©ranger, Jean 47, 279
Berlinguero, Nicolas 280, 285
Berlin-Guieri 645
Berthier 145, 158
Blanchard, Joseph 163
Blaskowits, Charles 246
Bodega y Quadra, Juan Francisco de la 522, 531, 649, 652, 654
Boiscle 95
Boishebert, de see Deschamps de Boishébert, Charles
Bonnecamps, Joseph-Pierre de 379
Boot, Adrian 481
Bouillet 29
Bourg, Marie François Cromot, Baron du 337, 341
Bowen, Thomas 13
Brion de la Tour, Louis 324
Broutin, J. F. 94, 174, 365, 430, 433, 611, 682
Buache, Philippe 20, 74, 202, 308, 315, 372
Caiz, Juan 314
Calleja, Felix del Rey 541
Camacho, Josef 527
Campo, Jossef del 679, 681
Capitaine, Michel 107, 115, 135, 148
Carondelet, Francisco Luis Hector, Baron de 563, 564, 596, 609
CastellĂł, Pablo 619, 664
Causse, Bernard 316
Celi, Francisco MarĂ­a 669
Chantovoine 426
Chastenet-Puiségur, Jacques, Comte de 271
Chaussegros de Léry, Gaspard-Joseph (père) 89, 90, 91, 214, 218, 375, 392, 457, 462, 465, 466, 468
Chaussegros de LĂ©ry, Gaspard-Joseph (fils) 393, 395, 401, 402, 408, 460
Chauuel?, Yan? 334
Chevillot 310
Cierto, Andrés 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 515, 524, 625, 641, 646
Cotilla, Juan de 508
Couagne, René de 206, 396, 410
Crenay, Baron de 450
Crespi, Juan 554, 623
Cuio, SimĂłn de 599
D'Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon see Anville, Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'
D'Aux, Chevalier 239
Decouagne see Couagne, René de
Delisle, Guillaume 78, 202, 307, 358, 448
Denaulx, Pierre 188
Desandrouins 102, 103, 105, 117, 119, 120
Deschamps de Boishébert, Charles 403
Desliens, Nicolas 23
Devin, F. 44, 65, 170
Dirckx, Jan 186
Diron 290, 364
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 55, 82, 300
Duparquet, Carlos 551
Dupont, Jean 189
Dusault 52, 289
Du Val, Pierre 197
Echegaray, MartĂ­n de 484
Eliza, Francisco 650
Escandon, Joseph de 504
Evia, José de 634-36, 640, 685, 686
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 525, 555, 557
Fonville, de 352
Fora, Nicolas de la see Lafora, Nicolas de
Franquelin, Jean Baptiste Louis 81, 212, 222, 228, 241, 346-351, 353-355, 397, 415
Garcés, Francisco 556
Gaugy 196
Gerald, M. F. 320
GĂłngora, Carlos SigĂĽenza y see SigĂĽenza y GĂłngora, Carlos
Guerard, Jean 181, 191
Guerrero, Pedro 589
Guillemaro, Gilberto 303, 550
Gutiérrez, Diego 184
Haro, Gonzalo LĂłpez de see LĂłpez de Haro, Gonzalo
Hezeta, Bruno de 519-521, 561
Homem 16
Huet, Luis 549
Isle, Guillaume de l' see Delisle, Guillaume
Jolliet, Louis 204, 383, 388
Kergariou, A. de 331 (a-c)
Kino, Eusebio Francisco 492
Labrosse, Paul 459
Lafora, Nicolas de 627, 629
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. 294, 429
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 590, 638
Lisboa, JoĂŁo de 725-744
L'Isle, Guillaume de see Delisle, Guillaume
LĂłpez, AgustĂ­n 616
LĂłpez de Haro, Gonzalo 537-538, 653
Luís, Lázaro 756-761
Mandeville, Sieur de 436
Mansuy 467, 471
Manuel, Juan 334
Marquese, Comte 199
Martines, Joan 472, 574-578
Martinez, Enrique 480
Martinez, Fernando 501
Martinez y Zayas 517
Mascaro, Manuel AgustĂ­n 524
Matos, Antonio de 321, 762
Medina, Pedro de 579
Medina y Cabrera, Nicolás Joseph 684
Mexia, Albaro 571
Miera y Pacheco, Bernardo de 622
Minet 291
Mourelle, Francisco Antonio 522, 531
Mullon 454
Navas, Francisco de 613
Nebot, Pasqual 675, 689
Nicolai 200
Nicolas 1
Nolin, Jean Baptiste 332
Norlet 288
Ochagac 376, 411
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 643, 683
Parrilla, Diego Ortiz see Ortiz Parrilla, Diego
Pechon, J. 138, 154
Peyre, de 26
Pineda, Joseph Antonio de 660
Pond, Peter 382
Puente, Juan José Elixio de la 595, 612, 617, 632, 642, 663, 693
Querenet de la Combe 127, 129
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 552, 661
Rochefontaine 262
Roman, Bernardo 670
Rongel, Pablo 544, 545
Rotie, Denis de 195
Roullet, RĂ©gis du 370, 439
Ruiz, Antonio 674
Ruiz de Olano, Pedro 500, 620
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 487, 548
Swelinck, Jan 374
Teixeira 192
Teixeira, Domingos 180
Thierry, Sieur 175
Toledo, José 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 667, 691
Urrutia, Joseph de 629
Val, Pierre du see Du Val, Pierre
Vasquez, Joseph 647
Vaz Dourado, FernĂŁo 696-710, 716-724, 745-752
Velette, de 298
Vermale, Sieur 416
Viegas, Gaspar Luis 3
Vila, Vicente 507
Villeneuve, Sieur de 219
Vion, Blaize 213, 240

Subject Index

Acadia (Can.) 222-226; see also Canada
Africa 716-719, 735-738, 748-750, 753, 758, 763f
Alabama 293, 437; see also Mobile Bay
Alaska 475, 522, 527-531, 597, 621, 649, 652, 654, 655, 657; see also United States, West Coast
American Revolution 116, 133, 152, 155-159, 200, 336
Annapolis 135
Boston 75d, 92, 115, 121, 244, 679
Canada 104
Charleston (S.C.) 139, 269
Maine 233-234
Monmouth (N.J.) 111, 141
Naval encounters 14, 19, 118, 134
New Jersey 79-80
New York 77, 101-103, 106-108, 114, 119, 122, 148, 257-263, 337-339, 343-344, 420, 423
Norfolk (Va.) 142
Philadelphia 110, 136, 137
Portsmouth (Va.) 267
Rhode Island 117, 143-145, 246-248, 335, 454
Saratoga (N.Y.) 146
Savannah (Ga.) 1 (l), 124-125, 147, 271, 452, 687b
Trenton (N.J.) 149
Virginia 150, 151, 154, 164, 426
West Indies 1 a-k, 5-8, 10-13, 21, 26, 29, 31, 32, 36, 112, 113, 138, 140, 325-330
West Point (N.Y.) 340
West Point (Va.) 342, 453
Williamsburg (Va.) 120
Yorktown (Va.) 126-132, 153, 266, 341
Annapolis (Md.) 135
Arabian area 710, 720, 739, 740, 751
Arizona 492, 496, 506, 511, 525, 552, 556, 557, 607, 622, 627-629, 661, 665, 684
Asia 332, 704, 740-743
Atlantic Ocean 70b, 72a, 73a, 184-190, 193-200, 472, 714, 715, 728-733, 757, 758
Barbados 1 (i), 1 (j); see also Caribbean area
Bering Straits 475, 531
Biloxi (Miss.) 54, 100, 304, 305, 438
Boston 75a, 75d, 92, 93, 115, 121, 128, 228-229, 238-244, 679
California 492, 510, 515, 520-522, 525, 531, 544, 555-557, 630, 641, 646-649, 655-656, 658, 724; see also Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco
Canada 78
Central 179, 375, 378, 380-382, 405, 417, 455, 458
Eastern 81, 205-211, 215, 222-226, 229, 232, 331a-c, 345-347, 350-356, 374, 377, 400, 415, 447, 484, 632
West coast 522, 531, 535-540, 650, 653-655; see also, Acadia, Kingston, Louisburg, Quebec, St. Lawrence River
Caribbean area 1, 5-8, 10-13, 21, 26, 29, 31-32, 36, 74a, 87, 112-113, 137, 140, 190, 274, 311-317, 319-321, 324-330, 414-415, 484, 514, 570, 589, 594, 670, 672, 674-676, 691, 705, 722, 727, 745, 760, 761, 762
Champlain, Lake 83, 95-97, 392-393, 395-396, 419, 457
Charleston (S.C.) 76a, 139, 269
Cuba 274, 317, 360, 491, 562, 589, 592, 594, 595, 632, 662, 671, 691
Dauphin Island (Ala.) see Mobile Bay
Dominica (W.I.) 1a, 5-7, 29, 140, 327
East Indies 698, 699, 706, 708
Erie, Lake 161, 388b, 400, 401-404, 464-465
Europe 697, 716, 717, 728, 744, 746, 748, 753
Florida 26, 40, 43-44, 47, 63, 166, 178, 273-274, 277, 280, 291, 298, 317-319, 357, 427, 451, 486, 491, 502, 562, 590, 592, 594, 612, 634-635, 637-639, 642, 662, 670-671, 675-676, 687a, 688, 692-694; see also Pensacola, St. Augustine, St. Joseph Bay, Tampa
Galveston (Tex.) 636, 686
Georgia 15, 124-125, 147, 271; see also Savannah, San Simon
Great Lakes 458-467; see also entries for individual lakes
Grenada (W.I.) 1 (d), 1 (k), 31, 113 (a-h), 328-330
Guadeloupe (W.I.) 140
Gulf of Mexico 17, 63, 74 (a), 87, 311-316, 319-321, 323, 334, 414, 474, 476, 479, 484, 514, 562, 570, 592, 595, 632-633, 659, 667-668, 672-674, 683, 688-691, 705, 722, 725, 762
Haiti 325
Hudson Bay area 204-205, 469-471, 484
Huron, Lake 34, 386 (b), 403-405
Illinois 76 (b), 76 (c), 89, 91, 94, 354, 366, 368, 385, 563
Indian tribes: Iroquois 28, 97, 455
Indian tribes in:
Arizona 525, 552, 556-557, 607, 627-628, 661, 665, 684
California 525, 556-557
Canada 207-208, 374, 381, 400, 447, 455
Great Lakes area 28, 34-35, 37, 76 (k), 76 (o), 90, 376, 386-390, 398, 405-406, 411
Illinois 76 (b & c), 89, 91
Louisiana 414, 429, 611
Mexico 525, 552, 556-557, 607, 627
Mississippi River area 9 (b), 76 (m), 99, 560, 600, 608
New England 400
New Mexico 525, 553, 557, 627-629, 661, 665-666, 684
New York 97, 397
Ohio 421, 445-446
United States (Central) 425, 447, 600, 608
United States (Eastern) 362, 416, 439
United States (Southeast) 43, 427, 429, 435, 437, 439
United States (Southwest) 627, 629, 666
Jamaica 645
Juan de Fuca Straits 535-540
Kingston (Canada) 104
LaSalle, Robert Cavelier, Sieur de 272, 323, 357, 485
Louisiana 18, 22, 38, 41, 44-45, 57, 68-69, 86, 98-100, 166-167, 169-172, 178, 274, 293, 295-303, 316, 360, 372-373, 414, 416, 429, 432 (b), 433, 450, 493, 513, 516, 593, 599, 600, 606, 611-612, 642, 682, 687 (a), 688, 692; see also, Mississippi River, Natchitoches, New Orleans
Louisburg (N.S.) 221
Maine 230-234, 236
Martinique (W.I.) 8, 21, 326
Maryland 135, 264; see also Annapolis
Matagorda Bay (Tex.) 272, 485
Mexico 66, 78, 354-355, 359, 414, 417, 480-481, 483, 492-495, 497-499, 503-504, 506, 509-511, 515, 523-526, 532-533, 541-542, 544, 546, 551-552, 556-559, 561-562, 572-573, 607, 626-630, 641, 646-649, 651, 656, 658, 661, 665-666, 684, 703, 724
Michigan, Lake 90, 389
Mississippi 55, 64, 65, 74 (b), 370, 372, 430, 434 (a-b), 441, 442 (a); see also, Natchez, Yazoo
Mississippi River 9 (b), 18, 27, 30, 43, 45, 56-60, 76 (o), 78, 82, 87-88, 99, 170-172, 175, 179, 275, 292, 298-299, 303, 306-308, 357, 359, 361-365, 367-369, 371, 388 (a), 417, 424, 428, 434, 508, 560, 563, 593, 600-605, 608, 611, 682
Mobile Bay (Ala.) (including Dauphin Island) 50-53, 76 (e), 76 (n), 287-290, 310, 435, 439, 547, 568-600, 634, 695
Monmouth (N.J.) 111, 141
Monterey (Calif.) 625, 654
Natchez (Miss.) 76 (i), 76 (m), 85, 168, 432 (a), 434
Natchitoches (La.) 433
Newfoundland 3, 225, 374, 700, 715, 721, 726, 728, 746, 754-755
New Hampshire 163, 235
New Jersey 79-80, 107, 111, 141, 149, 264, 418; see also, Monmouth, Trenton
New Mexico 66, 358, 361, 480, 493, 495-496, 512, 525, 534, 553, 557, 622, 627
New Orleans 18, 57, 61-62, 76 (d), 76 (j), 84, 173-175, 296, 309, 361, 432 (b), 440, 442 (b), 564, 567, 596, 604, 609
New York 75 (b & c), 77, 83, 95-97, 101-103, 106-108, 114, 119, 122, 146, 148, 165, 228, 249-264, 266, 270, 337-340, 343-344, 397, 410, 418, 420, 423, 449; see also, Champlain (Lake), Saratoga, Ticonderoga, West Point
Norfolk (Va.) 142
North America 2, 4, 67, 70 (a & b), 72 (a & b), 73 (a & b), 74 (c), 76 (f), 78, 191, 194, 201-203, 332-333, 354-355, 472, 577, 581-583, 587, 660, 712, 745, 757, 761
Ohio area 379, 413, 421, 436, 445, 446, 563
Ontario, Lake 28, 30, 214, 306, 386 (a), 390-391, 398-400, 411, 455, 458-463
Pacific Ocean 72 (b), 73 (b), 332, 333, 576
Panama 33
Pennsylvania 264, 418, 468; see also Philadelphia area
Pensacola (Fla.) 46, 48, 49, 76 (g), 76 (l), 86, 123, 166, 177, 281-286, 292, 443, 490, 505, 547-550, 591, 599, 613-617, 631, 695
Philadelphia area (including Delaware River and Delaware Bay) 110, 136, 137, 677-678, 680, 681
Portolan Charts (and early maps) 2-4, 16, 23-24, 70 (a & b), 71-73, 180-181, 183-195, 201, 472, 574-588, 696-761, 763
Portsmouth (Va.) 265, 267
Quebec 219, 220, 456, 473
Revolutionary War see American Revolution
Rhode Island 117, 143-145, 245-248, 335, 454
St. Augustine (Fla.) 76 (h), 276, 477-478, 500, 565-566, 571, 618-620, 663-664
St. Christopher (W.I.) 1 (g), 1 (h), 12, 113 (i), 138
St. Eustatius (W.I.) 1 (f)
St. Joseph Bay (Fla.) 44, 47, 169, 279-280, 297, 299
St. Lawrence River 160, 212-213, 216-219, 355, 374, 387 (a), 391, 396, 400, 455
St. Lucia (W.I.) 1 (b & c), 10, 26, 32, 112
San Diego (Calif.) 507
San Francisco 518, 543, 554, 623, 644, 656
San Simon (Ga.) 624
Santo Domingo 11, 36
Saratoga (N.Y.) 146
Savannah (Ga.) 124-125, 147, 271, 452, 687 (b)
South America 2, 4, 70 (a & b), 72 (a & b), 73 (a & b), 202, 203, 472, 576, 577, 581-583, 587, 702, 707, 709, 713, 723, 725, 727, 733, 734, 745, 758-760
South Carolina 268, 427, see also Charleston
Superior, Lake 35, 37, 76 (k), 387 (b), 406-409, 412
Tampa (Fla.) 640, 669
Texas 42, 68, 272, 295-296, 358, 361, 373, 480, 487-489, 493-495, 498-499, 504, 513, 526, 534, 541, 546, 551, 598, 627, 629, 643, 683; see also Galveston, Matagorda Bay
Ticonderoga (N.Y.) 108
Tobago (W.I.) 1 (e), 13
Trenton (N.J.) 149
United States 322, 354, 414, 417, 447, 626; see also entries under names of states, cities, Mississippi River.
Central section 27, 76 (b & c), 76 (k), 76 (o), 89, 91, 94, 354, 366, 382, 413, 422, 425, 436, 563, 608
Eastern section 9 (a), 16, 38, 81, 133, 152, 227-228, 336, 345, 348-353, 356, 362, 415-416, 427, 444, 482, 484, 595, 632
Great Lakes area 27-28, 30, 34-35, 37, 76 (k), 90, 161, 214, 346, 382-391, 398-399, 401-409, 411-412; see also names of individual lakes
Northeastern section 83, 160, 163, 206-210, 224-226, 228-231, 233-236, 249, 264, 391, 394, 400, 431, 444, 700, 755
Pacific Northwest 519-522, 531, 561, 658
Southeastern section and Gulf Coast 22, 43-45, 86, 166, 169, 178, 268-269, 292-295, 297-299, 318, 357, 359, 360, 428-429, 450, 486, 501, 593, 599-600, 612, 634, 642, 687-688, 692-693, 695
Southwestern section 39, 66, 358, 361, 480-481, 483, 492, 524-525, 544, 556-557, 622, 627, 629, 666
West Coast 332, 648, 654-656, 658, 701, 752
Virginia 105, 109, 120, 126-132, 142, 150-151, 153-159, 164, 176, 265, 267-268, 341-342, 425-427; see also, Norfolk, Portsmouth, West Point, Yorktown
West Indies see Caribbean area and entries for individual islands
West Point (N.Y.) 122, 340
West Point (Va.) 342
Williamsburg (Va.) 120, 265
World 20, 23-25, 71, 72 (c), 73 (c), 180-181, 183, 192, 448, 472, 574, 575, 579, 584-586, 610, 711, 729, 763 (a-c)
Yazoo (Miss.) 441, 442 (a)
Yorktown (Va.) 126-132, 153, 155-159, 265-266, 341, 453

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