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1890 Stark Tourist Map of Bermuda

Bermuda-stark-1890
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Tourist's Map of the Bermuda Islands. - Main View
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1890 Stark Tourist Map of Bermuda

Bermuda-stark-1890

Fine 19th century tourist map of Bermuda.

Title


Tourist's Map of the Bermuda Islands.
  1890 (dated)     10 x 27 in (25.4 x 68.58 cm)     1 : 42000

Description


A rare c. 1890 tourist map of Bermuda by James Henry Stark. The map is oriented to the Northwest and covers all of Bermuda. A large inset at center details Hamilton, Bermuda's cosmopolitan capital. A dotted line identifies steamer routes around the island. Additional, the map identifies much that would be of interest to tourists, including hotels, roads, bridges, museums, churches, and of course, both the old and new Lunatic Asylums.
Pretoria and Trinidad
The map is accompanied by its original cover features an advertisement for the Quebec Steamship Company's ships S.S. Pretoria and S. S. Trinidad. The S. S. Pretoria operated for Quebec Steamship Co from 1897-1907. The S. S. Trinidad served the company from 1884-1918, when it was sunk in St. George's Channel by a German u-boa torpedo.
Publication History and Census
This map was published by James H. Stark and was drawn and engraved by Starks' Photo-Electrotype Company of Boston. The map is undated, but the paper bears an 1890 watermark from the Parson's Paper Company (1853 - of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The OCLC identified just two examples, one at Oberlin and the other at the University of Chicago.

Cartographer


James Henry Stark (July 6, 1846 - August 30, 1919) was an American publisher active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Stark was born in Mutcham, Surrey, England. As a young man in England he was raised by Thomas Cook, the famous English travel agent. He moved to the United States in 1856, when he was 9 or 10. In the United States, he studied at Hawes Grammar School in South Boston, and later attended the Lincoln School and the Boston Latin School. He began studying printing, particularly stereotyping and electrotyping, in 1864. In 1870 he established himself as a printer at the corner of Water and Congress Streets. He prospered until the Great Boston Fire of 1872, when his establishment burnt to the ground. After the fire, he turned his attention to yachting, suggesting access to considerable wealth, and sailed from Boston to the Caribbean and to South America, where he prospected for and discovered gold in Dutch Giana. He eventually returned to Boston, where he once again went into the printing business, establishing a stereotype and electrotype foundry at 1717 Devonshire Street. Stark partnered with William H. Mumler (1832 - 1884) in 1877 to found the Photo-Electrotype Company, one of the earliest American photolithography companies. Stark sold his shares of the company in 1900 and turned to Real Estate. Through his interest in Yachting and Caribbean travel, and possibly influenced by his connected to Thomas Cook, Start also had a successful business composing and writing guidebooks for various West India Islands. He also issued the Stranger's Guide to Boston. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Very good. Comes with original binder. Original fold lines.

References


OCLC 20705586.