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BAEDEKER, KARL (1801–1859)

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Originally appearing in Volume V03, Page 191 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BAEDEKER, KARL (1801–1859) , See also:German publisher, was See also:born at See also:Essen on the 3rd of See also:November 18o1. His See also:father had a See also:printing See also:establishment and See also:book-See also:shop there, and Karl followed the same business independently in See also:Coblenz. Here he began to issue the first of the See also:series of See also:guide-books with which his name is associated. They followed the See also:model of the See also:English series instituted by See also:John See also:Murray, but See also:developed in the course of years so as to See also:cover the greater See also:part of the civilized See also:world, and later were issued in English and See also:French as well as German. Baedeker's son Fritz carried on the business, which in 1872 was transferred to See also:Leipzig.

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