1907 Scarborough Map Company Map of the World w/Steamer Lines
World-scarborough-1907-2$650.00
Title
Scarborough's Map of the World North America and South America Shewing Countries and their Colonies Principal Transportation Lines etc. / Scarborough's Map of the World Eruope, Asia, Africa and Australia Shewing Countries and their Colonies Principal Transportation Lines etc.
1907 (dated) 41 x 38 in (104.14 x 96.52 cm) 1 : 25344000
1907 (dated) 41 x 38 in (104.14 x 96.52 cm) 1 : 25344000
Description
This is an impressive double sided 1907 map of the world by the London branch of the Scarborough Company. The map is on a single waxed silk sheet which has been printed on both sides: one detailing the Western Hemisphere, including the Americas, and the other detailing the Eastern Hemisphere, including Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Particular attention has been paid to the global railroad and steamship network. Rail and steam lines are here highlighted in red overprinting. Each side features a wealth of additional information, ranging from the locations of British and American Consulates, to detailed city indexes, and populations statistics.
Publication History and Census
This map was first issued in 1906 by the Scarborough Company of Indianapolis, Indiana. It was reissued in 1907 - the present example - for the London branch of the firm, based at 5 Arundel Street, Strand. We note 5 or six examples in institutional collections. Scarce to the market.Cartographer
Scarborough Company (1885 - 1913) was founded by the brothers Walter C. Scarborough (June 4, 1862 - May 9, 1904) and Howard G. Scarborough (December 23, 1867 - June 10, 1905). Walter, the older brother, was born in Providence, Rhode Island, and studied at the Boston University Law School. The Scarborough brothers founded their map publishing concern in 1885. Initially, there were three separate firms: the National Publishing Company (Portland, Maine, 1897), later based in Boston; the Dominion Publishing Company, based in Canada; and the Scarborough Publishing Company, based in London. These three firms each published semi-independently but were merged with a capital of 1,000,000 USD in 1902, subsequently publishing under the Scarborough imprint. Howard took over full management of the Scarborough in 1904 when Walter died. Howard was also in poor health, suffering from tuberculous, and relocated to Europe in 1900, where he lived in a sanatorium. He returned to the United States in 1902, settling first in Asheville, North Carolina, then at a sanatorium community in Oracle, Arizona. Until his death, he managed the Scarborough Company remotely. From about 1904, there was another branch of the firm located at 227 East Ohio Street in Indianapolis, Indiana. After Howard's 1905 death, the management of the firm, as well as its principal manufacturing and distribution points, was relocated to Indianapolis. In 1913, it became the Scarborough Motor Guide Company (c. 1913 - c. 1933). More by this mapmaker...
Condition
Good. Printed on waxed silk. An unrepaired fold split along a fold line at edge. Wear and toning along original fold lines. Map is printed on both sides - Western Hemisphere, and Eastern Hemisphere, so both sides cannot be displayed at once. Folds into original red leather binder.
References
OCLC 247463415. Gettysburg College, Musselman Library, GMA_LT_0097.