Research Catalog

Title

Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands : containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information : including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources : fully illustrated with maps, engravings and photoprints / by James H. Stark.

Author

Stark, James Henry

Publication

• Boston : James H. Stark, 31 Milk Street ; London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Limited, [1903]
• ©1903.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Stark, James Henry
• Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.

Description

[6], 197, [1] pages, [41] leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations, maps, portrait; 20 cm.

Donor/Sponsor

Home to Harlem Project funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Subjects

• Black people > Barbados
• Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)
• Barbados > Description and travel
• Barbados > History
• Antilles, Lesser > Description and travel

Genre/Form

Presentation inscriptions (Provenance)

Note

• "Copyright, 1903. By James H. Stark."--verso of title page.
• Last page blank.

Provenance (note)

• inscribed: in ink "To my dear good friend Schomburg. [Nassy.] New York, June 18/1918." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926.

Contents

ch. 1. The voyage to Santa Cruize -- ch. 2. St. Kitts and Nevis -- ch. 3. Nevis, Antigua and Montserrat -- ch. 4. Guadaloupe and Dominica -- ch. 5. Martinique and St. Lucia -- ch. 6. Barbados, its first appearance, early history -- ch. 7. Civil war in Barbados -- ch. 8. Wars with France, abolition of slavery -- ch. 9. Inhabitants, whites, colored, and Negroes -- ch. 10. Barbados as a health resort, amusements and recreation -- ch. 11. Seaside resorts, the Crane and Bathsheba, rambles in Scotland Hills -- ch. 12. Caves and ravines -- ch. 13. Oistin's Bay, Christ Church, remarkable occurrence -- ch. 14. Hackleton's Cliff, St. John's Church, Paleologus, Indian antiquities -- ch. 15. Agriculture and industries -- ch. 16. Religion and education -- ch. 17. The geology of Barbados -- ch. 18. Washington's visit to Barbados, Barbadian hospitality -- ch. 19. The future of Barbados and the Caribbee Islands.

Call Number

Sc 917.298-S (Stark, J. Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands)

LCCN

03024578

OCLC

• 1706563
• 1706563
• NYPGR1706563-B

Author

Stark, James Henry, author.

Title

Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands : containing a description of everything on or about these islands of which the visitor or resident may desire information : including their history, inhabitants, climate, agriculture, geology, government and resources : fully illustrated with maps, engravings and photoprints / by James H. Stark.

Publisher

Boston : James H. Stark, 31 Milk Street ; London : Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Limited, [1903]

Copyright Date

©1903.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Provenance

Copy in Sc 917.298-S (accession no. B498966) inscribed: in ink "To my dear good friend Schomburg. [Nassy.] New York, June 18/1918." ; This copy is part of the original collection purchased from Arthur A. Schomburg in 1926. NN

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Added Author

Stark, James Henry, publisher.

Sampson Low, Marston & Company, publisher.

Nassy, Jacques R., former owner, inscriber.

Schomburg, Arthur Alfonso, 1874-1938, former owner.

Research Call Number

Sc 917.298-S (Stark, J. Stark's history and guide to Barbados and the Caribbee Islands)