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KARL BAEDEKER (1801–1859)

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KARL

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

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