AUTHOR: JAMES H STARK. 31, Milk Street, Boston. USA
PUBLISHERS: Plimpton Press, Printers and Binders, Norwood. Mass. USA.
DATE: Copyright by J H Stark.1891. [1912]
SIZE: c.5.25 x 7.5 inches
PAGES: 243. Additional pages of Advertisements at the end.
ILLUSTRATED: Maps, Town Plan of Nassau and Views. (See scanned examples below)

A fascinating history - starting from the Discovery of the Bahamas by Christopher Columbus in 1492 and including chapters on:-
Original inhabitants - Buccaneers - First Settlements - Loyalists and the Blockade Runners during the American Civil War -
The Out Islands (now called the Family Islands) - Negroes and Slavery - Commerce, agriculture, sponge fisheries...

It begins with a chapter on how to reach New Providence, at the time Nassau had some 12.000 inhabitants. A Steamer from
Montreal cost $ 35 one way, round trip $ 50. From New York by Ward Line the Saloon fare was $ 40 one way, $ 70 return.
The luxurious Hotel Colonial, as it was then known, cost $ 5 a day, upwards !

ILLUSTRATIONS
The examples shown have been hand coloured, the originals were issued uncoloured.
Click on the underlined text to view the illustration

PLAN OF NASSAU. Approx 15 x 6 inches.
MAP OF THE BAHAMAS. Approx 12.75 x 6 inches.

VIEWS - All overall size approx. 7.25 x 5 inches
The 'Hazing' to the sky on some of the scans is purely a scanning problem!
LANDING OF COLUMBUS
COLUMBUS AND HIS SONS
GEORGE STREET & GOVERNMENT HOUSE
STREET SCENE IN NASSAU
EARLY MORNING IN NASSAU MARKET
THE SEA GARDENS
A FESTIVAL IN SLAVERY DAYS
THE BEACH AT FORT MONTAGUE
THE VENDUE HOUSE
BAY STREET, NASSAU
FORT FINCASTLE
THE QUEEN'S STAIRCASE
NASSAU MAIL STEAMER
MAKING BASKETS IN A GRANTSTOWN CABIN

There are numerous other illustrations.
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