Claudius Madrolle (22 July 1870 – 16 June 1949) was a French explorer in Africa and Asia and editor of travel guides who specialized in the

Far East The ''Far East'' was a European term to refer to the geographical regions that includes East and Southeast Asia as well as the Russian Far East to a lesser extent. South Asia is sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons. The ter ...

. Publishers included Comité de l'Asie Française,

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and the Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales. In 1902, thanks to this young and wealthy French explorer, was published the first of a serie of travel guides to the Far East. From the beginning, he designed his project to match the spirit of well-known guides such as Baedeker, Joanne or Murray. A collection indeed, as a total of 70 guides, 11 of them in English, were published between 1902 and 1939. This period, during which Far East countries were slowly embracing tourism, was also a period of considerable political and social turmoil. For Claudius Madrolle, these changes added serious hurdles to the completion of his project.

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References

* Jean Malochet, 'Les Guides Madrolle 1902-1939, des guides français pour l'Extrême-Orient. Bibliographie commentée et illustrée'. Librairie les routes du globe. Paris. 2018.

External links

* * Open Library. Works by Madrolle {{DEFAULTSORT:Madrolle, Claudius People from Dieppe, Seine-Maritime 1870 births 1949 deaths French travel writers French male non-fiction writers