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Description: | The small red Baedecker guidebooks, published in Germany from 1832, were probably the most famous European travel guides. The London edition was first published, in English, in 1878.
Books like this helped to form our ideas of London as a tourist destination. Throughout the Victorian period tourism was a growing industry, as travel became easier and cheaper.
This edition is from 1905 and it was aimed at American and European visitors to London. The book has maps and plans of famous sights, including Windsor Castle, the British Museum and the Tower of London. It also has extensive lists of recommended entertainments - from good Oyster shops to Billiard rooms - so ensuring the visitor was never bored.
(JA) | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | MoDA | Rights holder: | MoDA, Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture (Middlesex University) | Subjects: | Leisure Cityscape | Temporal: | 1905 | Source: | Museum of Domestic Design and Architecture | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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