Moon is a
travel guidebook publisher
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founded in 1973 in
Chico, California. The company started with travel guides to
Asia
Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...
and later also published guides to
the Americas
The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.'' Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sin ...
.
Bill Dalton was the founder and writer of the regularly updated ''Indonesian Handbook'' from the 1970s.
The company is now based in
Berkeley, California
Berkeley ( ) is a city on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay in northern Alameda County, California, United States. It is named after the 18th-century Anglo-Irish bishop and philosopher George Berkeley. It borders the cities of Oakland, Cali ...
and published by Avalon Travel, a member of the
Perseus Books Group.
References
External links
Official Moon Travel Guidebooks website
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Travel guide books