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Passports. On arrival at a Syrian port the traveller's passport is sometimes asked for, but an ordinary visiting-card will answer the purpose equally well.

Karl Baedeker

The traveller need have no scruple in limiting his donations to the smallest possible sums, as liberality frequently becomes a source of annoyance and embarrassment.

Karl Baedeker

Oxford is on the whole more attractive than Cambridge to the ordinary visitor; and the traveller is therefore recommended to visit Cambridge first, or to omit it altogether if he cannot visit both.

Karl Baedeker

Karl Baedeker

Karl Baedeker

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Born: November 3, 1801

Died: October 4, 1859 (aged 57)

Bio: Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker, known universally as Karl Baedeker, was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists.

Known for:

Paris and Its Environs
Southern Germany (Wurtemberg and Bavaria): Handbook for Travellers

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