The Grand Tour and Development of Tourism: 1600-1900

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Osher Map Library

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Description

The Grand Tour and Development of Tourism, 1600 to 1900.

October 4, 2011 to April 28, 2012

The 400th anniversary of Thomas Coryat’s "Crudities" (1611), the first tourist memoir, is celebrated by this history, to 1918, of the European tourism industry and the development of guidebooks and maps.

Curated by Yolanda Theunissen, USM.

Document Type

Book

Publication Date

10-2011

Publisher

Osher Map Library - University of Southern Maine

City

Portland, Maine

Keywords

Tourism, Early Land Travel, Modern Guided Tourism, Travel Aids, Railroads, Ocean Liners, Guide Books, Tourist Maps

Disciplines

American Popular Culture | Geography | History | Tourism

Recommended Citation

Osher Map Library, "The Grand Tour and Development of Tourism: 1600-1900" (2011). Osher Map Library Exhibition Catalogs. 8.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/oml_exhibits/8

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