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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

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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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  • 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.
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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
  • 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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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)
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