2006-07-20 18:27:24 · 6 answers · asked by italylover 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Edward Starbuck (1604-1690) was one of the 10 original proprietors of Nantucket. . Being isolated from the rest of Massachusetts, there was a greater degree of religious tolerance. Quakers became the largest denomination for several generations. Nantucket became a center for whaling. The whaling ship Essex was sunk by a whale and the story of the survivors became a source for Moby Dick.
Melville used Nantucket as the home port of the Pequod. Other family names on the island were also used in Moby Dick, such as Coffin and Gardner. Starbuck as the first mate was the most prominent island member of the crew aside from Ahab.
Interestingly other island names, Folger (Ben Franklin's mother's name) and Chase are also associated with coffee.
2006-07-21 17:46:49 · answer #1 · answered by Woody 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
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Real answer (if you believe Wikipedia):
"According to Howard Schultz's book Pour Your Heart Into It: How Starbucks Built a Company One Cup at a Time, the name of the company was derived from Moby-Dick, although not in as direct a fashion as many assume. One of the company's founders, a Moby-Dick fan, had suggested the name "Pequod" after the ship in the novel. Thinking it sounded a little too much like a slang term for urine, the other founders voted it down. Another suggestion was "Starbo," the name of a mining camp on Mount Rainier. The Moby-Dick idea and "Starbo" came together and the company ended up named for the Pequod's first mate, Starbuck."
2006-07-21 01:32:06 · answer #2 · answered by Taikamiya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Originated in 1971 in Seattle's Pike Place Market named after the first mate (Starbuck) in Herman Melville's "Moby DIck."
2006-07-21 01:38:49 · answer #3 · answered by lizzardlady2006 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The company was in part named after Starbuck, a character in Moby-Dick,
i prefer the name "five bicks" as a single visit can deplete 5 dollars from your wallet.
2006-07-21 01:36:34 · answer #4 · answered by prasad g 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FA C T S H E E T May 2006
FOUNDED
1971 in Seattle’s Pike Place Market
FOLKLORE
Starbucks is named after the first mate in Herman Melville’s
Moby Dick.
MISSION STATEMENT
To establish Starbucks as the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the
world while maintaining our uncompromising principles as we grow.
2006-07-21 01:38:44 · answer #5 · answered by g-day mate 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Starbuck was the first mate of the Pequad in Moby Dick.
2006-07-21 01:38:16 · answer #6 · answered by mjlehde@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋