Baedeker's Japan

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Over 150 guides have been published already and the list keeps growing, as well as the number of languages in which they are published.

Switzerland: with the Neighboring Lakes of Northern Italy, Savoy, and the Adjacent Districts of Piedmont, Lombardy and the Tyrol (4th rev.After completing his studies in Munich in 1971, he had devoted himself to matters relating to book publishing under the guidance of his father, and had helped him with the preparation of the Munich guide, released for the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. The 1948 Leipzig was the first post-World War II Baedeker and the last one to be published in Leipzig, which was now in the Russian zone. Fritz Baedeker's released 39 guidebooks in German from 1872 to 1925, and 21 in English from 1872 to 1914. 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.

Karl Baedeker had three sons, Ernst, Karl and Fritz and after his death each, in turn, took over the running of the firm. Dalmatien und die Adria, Westliches Südslawien, Istrien, Budapest, Albanien, Korfu , Karl Baedeker, Leipzig, 1929. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Manuel de conversation pour le Voyageur en Quatre Langues (in French, German, English, and Italian), Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1864, hdl: 2027/uc1. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce.

Hans Baedeker (1874−1959), the eldest son of Fritz Baedeker, took charge of the company in difficult times. Fritz Baedeker became the most successful travel guide publisher of all time and turned the publishing house into the most famous and reputable publisher of travel guides in the world. In 1987, both Baedeker branches, the Langenscheidt operation in Freiburg and the Baedeker Autoführer Verlag in Stuttgart operated by the Mairs publishing group, were merged and housed together in Ostfildern/Kemnat as "Karl Baedeker GmbH" with a branch in Munich. A. Piehler in the publishing world—was an Englishman of German descent who became the chief editor of the English editions after the Muirheads left.

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James Findlay is given the credit for two-thirds of the content in the Canada guidebook, first published in 1894.

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