Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers

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19th-century travel guide travel guidebook series

Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers is a pioneering 19th-century series of English-language travel guidebooks that helped establish the modern guidebook genre for European and other destinations.

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Handbook for Travellers in France 1
Handbook for Travellers in Spain 1
Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf 19th-century travel guide ⓘ
travel guidebook series ⓘ
bibliographicForm portable handbook ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
distributionArea Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ
British Empire ⓘ
continental Europe ⓘ
documentationOf 19th-century European cities ⓘ
contemporary travel infrastructure ⓘ
historic monuments and sites ⓘ
editorialApproach concise and practical descriptions ⓘ
emphasis on reliability and accuracy ⓘ
feature cultural and artistic commentary ⓘ
historical background of destinations ⓘ
hotel and lodging recommendations ⓘ
maps and plans ⓘ
practical travel information ⓘ
recommended itineraries ⓘ
transport information ⓘ
genre travel guide ⓘ
hasPart Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook for Travellers in France

Handbook for Travellers in Northern Italy ⓘ
Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy ⓘ
Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook for Travellers in Spain

Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland

Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Handbook for Travellers in the Eastern Mediterranean
historicalContext Victorian-era tourism ⓘ
rise of middle-class leisure travel ⓘ
inception 1830s ⓘ
influenced Baedeker travel guides ⓘ
modern commercial guidebook series ⓘ
influencedBy Grand Tour ⓘ
surface form: Grand Tour travel tradition
language English ⓘ
mainSubject European travel ⓘ
Grand Tour destinations ⓘ
Mediterranean travel ⓘ
Middle Eastern travel ⓘ
notableFor influencing later guidebook series such as Baedeker ⓘ
pioneering modern travel guidebook format ⓘ
periodOfActivity late 19th century ⓘ
mid-19th century ⓘ
printingTechnique 19th-century letterpress printing ⓘ
publisher John Murray ⓘ
targetAudience British travellers ⓘ
English-speaking travellers ⓘ
typicalFormat small octavo volumes ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

John Murray → hasNotableSeries → Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers ⓘ
Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers → hasPart → Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook for Travellers in Switzerland
Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers → hasPart → Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook for Travellers in France
Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers → hasPart → Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook for Travellers in Spain
Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers → hasPart → Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook for Travellers in the Eastern Mediterranean
Murray family → knownForPublishing → Murray’s Handbooks for Travellers ⓘ
this entity surface form: Handbook for Travellers series