
''Appletons travel
guide book
A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ...
s were published by
D. Appleton & Company of New York. The firm's series of guides to railway travel in the United States began in the 1840s. Soon after it issued additional series of handbooks for tourists in the United States, Europe, Canada and Latin America.
List of Appletons' guides by geographic coverage
Canada
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Europe
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** 1886 ed.
p.1-421Index*
p.399-815** 1881 ed.
p.425-950
** 1888 ed.
p.423-916index
Latin America
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United States
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1893 ed.Index*
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1894 ed.Index
North & East USA
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South & West USA
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See also
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Picturesque America
''Picturesque America'' was a two-volume set of books describing and illustrating the scenery of America, which grew out of an earlier series in ''Appleton's Journal''. It was published by D. Appleton and Company of New York in 1872 and 1874 an ...
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External links
* {{cite web , publisher=Princeton University Library , location=USA , work=LibGuides , title=Travel: Literature and Guidebooks , url=http://libguides.princeton.edu/content.php?pid=64128&sid=473653
Travel guide books
Series of books
Publications established in 1848
D. Appleton & Company books
American travel books