''Cook's Tourists' Handbooks'' were a series of travel
guide book
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ...
s for
tourists
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published in the 19th-20th centuries by
Thomas Cook & Son
Thomas Cook & Son, originally simply Thomas Cook, was a company founded by Thomas Cook, a cabinet-maker, in 1841 to carry temperance supporters by railway between the cities of Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Birmingham. In 1851, Cook arranged ...
of London. The firm's founder,
Thomas Cook
Thomas Cook (22 November 1808 – 18 July 1892) was an English businessman. He is best known for founding the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was also one of the initial developers of the "package tour" including travel, accommodation ...
, produced his first handbook to England the 1840s, later expanding to Europe, Near East, North Africa, and beyond. Compared with other guides such as ''
Murray's'', ''Cook's'' aimed at "a broader and less sophisticated middle-class audience."
The books served to advertise Cook's larger business of organizing travel tours.
The series continues today as ''Traveller Guides'' issued by Thomas Cook Publishing of
Peterborough, England
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.
List of Cook's travel guides by geographic coverage
Belgium
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1880 ed.**
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China
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France
* Cook's Guide to Paris
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1900 ed.*
1905 ed.*
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Germany
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Great Britain
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1998 reprint*
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1905 ed.*
1911 ed.*
1921 ed.
India
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Italy
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1875 ed.*
1901 ed.*
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1901 ed.*
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1884 ed.**
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Netherlands
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1880 ed.
New Zealand
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1903 ed.
North Africa
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index*
1905 ed.*
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Index*
1911 ed.*
1921 ed.
Palestine and Syria
* Cook's Tourists' Handbook to Palestine and Syri
1876 edition
Scandinavia
* Cook's Handbook to Scandinavia
* Sweden
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Index**
Spain
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Switzerland
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1879 ed.*
1905 ed.*
1922 ed.
Syria
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Index**
Index
See also
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Thomas Cook European Timetable
The ''European Rail Timetable'', more commonly known by its former names, the ''Thomas Cook European Timetable'', the ''Thomas Cook Continental Timetable'' or simply ''Cook's Timetable'', is an international Public transport timetable, timetabl ...
References
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External links
* WorldCat
Thomas Cook Touring Handbooks
Travel guide books
Series of books
Publications established in 1845