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1900 Walker View Map of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

NarragansettBay-walker-1900
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Bird's-Eye View of Narraganset Bay. - Main View
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1900 Walker View Map of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island

NarragansettBay-walker-1900


Title


Bird's-Eye View of Narraganset Bay.
  1900 (undated)     20 x 27 in (50.8 x 68.58 cm)

Description


An attractive and uncommon c. 1900 bird's eye view map of Narragansett Bay, Rhode Island, by the Boston map publisher George H. Walker. The view covers the entirety of Narragansett Bay from Point Judith to Providence, and extending eastwards as far as Warren Point and Sakonnet. The map presents the region from a bird's eye perspective facing north. It identifies Newport, Conanicut Island, Prudence Island, Rhode Island, and various settlements along the bay's extensive shoreline. Trail routs are also rendered. Walker is better known for his similar view maps of Boston Harbor - the present example is thus somewhat out of his focus area and very scarce.

Cartographer


George Hiram Walker (January 4, 1852 - November 14, 1927) was a Boston based publisher of books, views, and maps active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Springfield, Vermont, Walker started his life as a dry goods merchant but developed an active interest in publishing during the early 1870s. Walker began publishing in 1878 when he partnered with an unknown New York Firm. Two years later, Walker brought the operation in house by partnering with his brother, Oscar W. Walker, in the opening of a lithography studio at 81 Milk Street, Boston. Shortly thereafter the firm expanded to new offices at 160 Tremont Street, Boston. The Walker brothers produced a large corpus of works, most of which focused on travel and tourism in New England. Walker also established the Walker-Gordon Milk Laboratory with Dr. Thomas Morgan Rotch and Gustave Gordon. This interesting investment was based on the premise that infant deaths could be avoided by providing higher quality milk. The company eventually became a great success, producing a high-quality cow milk that closely resembled human breast milk. In the process the Walker-Gordon laboratory developed many of the dairy health standards that are still with us today. Walker married Irene L. Loud on March 25, 1885. More by this mapmaker...

Condition


Very good. Some minor wear and verso reinforcement along original fold lines - especially at fold intersections. Folds into original cardboard binder.