The partners chose the name Starbucks in honor of the coffee-loving first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick. ... Starbucks only opened company-owned stores to give it control of product quality, character, and location of its stores. ...

• Word Count: 1312
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Three friends Jerry Baldwin, Zev Siegel, and Gordon Bowker from the state of Washington all shared a love for coffee; so in 1976, they opened up a coffee shop and named it Starbucks after a character in Herman Melville's "Moby Dick." ...

• Word Count: 1398
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography

Baldwin, Siegel, and Bowker chose the name Starbucks in honor of Starbuck, the coffee-loving first mate in Herman Melville's Moby Dick and because they thought the name evoked the romance of the high seas and the seafaring tradition of the early coffee traders. ...

• Word Count: 4878
• Approx Pages: 20