Karl Baedeker (1801–1859) descended from a long line of printers, booksellers and publishers from Essen, Germany. This was printed in Glückstadt near Hamburg and contained some advertising to balance the books, as did some of his other contemporaneous titles.

The company also published the local newspaper, the Essendische Zeitung, and the family expected that Karl, too, would eventually join the firm. She was the last Baedeker to play an active role in running the Baedeker publishing house founded in 1827, and negotiated the sale of the Freiburg branch to Langenscheidt before she died. However, after some 1000 copies had been sold, the Russians said the guidebook contained military secrets in the form of a map showing the site of their Kommandantura, and confiscated the remaining copies. The firm did make some progress and he managed to produce twelve new titles in German and five in English, though these included those commissioned by the Nazi regime. The first post-World War II old-style Baedekers in English were published in the 1950s by Karl Baedeker Verlag, Hamburg, after the firm was revived in 1948.The United States emerged as a most impressive piece of work—the first comprehensive guide to the country. The New Yorker may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. The Mediterranean: Seaports and Searoutes, with Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the coasts of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia. Karl Friedrich Baedeker (1910−1979) was the son of Karl Baedeker III, who was killed in action at the Battle of Liège in 1914.

The Japanese earthquake center is in the sea near Tokyo, and on an average the city has four slight quakes a day. In 2013, Michael Wild, the Baedeker historian (see Karl Baedeker), published his translation of the 1914 Indien edition into English. g. Russia, Sweden, Norway, Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Greece, the Mediterranean, USA, Canada, India and South East Asia. Basel, the Swiss city which was first covered in a Baedeker guidebook by Karl Baedeker himself in his most celebrated guidebook " Schweiz", first published in 1844, was the title of Florian's own guide, published in 1978. From letters signed by Disney himself to classic children’s books or ephemera, be sure to check out some of the collectible Walt Disney books on Biblio!

The Baedekers acknowledged the commitment of the Muirheads and Piehler to their firm and the contribution they had made to the success of Verlag Karl Baedeker. Paris and its environs, with routes from London to Paris, and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland (13th ed.

The new English Baedekers produced by MairDumont dispensed with the Allianz logo in the title, with the German editions doing the same in 2013.

The Eastern Alps, Including the Bavarian Highlands, the Tyrol, Salzkammergut, Styria, Carinthia, Carniola, and Ithria (5th ed. In addition to the ongoing revision of existing guides, he published 14 new guides: four in German, seven in English and three in French. This superb full-colour, illustrated guide to Japan features 3D laminated cut-outs to show you the key sights in perspective and a large, fully-indexed, pull-out map. Möglich, dass ich nicht in die Zielgruppe dieses Reiseführers gehöre (nutze sonst Lonely Planet und Rough Guide), aber viel langweiliger als mit dem Baedker Japan kann's nicht werden. Paris and its environs, with routes from London to Paris, and from Paris to the Rhine and Switzerland (15th ed.

South-eastern France, from the Loire to the Riviera and the Italian frontier, including Corsica (2nd ed.Northern France, from Belgium and the English Channel to the Loire, excluding Paris and its Environs (2nd ed. After the First World War, Findlay launched his own series of the Blue Guides, published in London by Ernest Benn. a.lesen (3), baisemain (3), PMet (3), Cornix (3), johnbratby (3), sarahwor (3), zabeth69 (3), RedEyedNerd (3), will5352 (3), setnahkt (3), clayton994 (3), bangorbookie (3), Janbp (3), sherman. The war had not only wreaked havoc on tourism, it had also resulted in anti-German sentiments around the world, particularly in America and France, where the guidebooks had been very popular and from where tourists had come in droves.