| Abstract: |
In the 19th century there was an unprecedented development of tourism and
guidebooks useful for tourists. A modern type of guidebook with sightseeing
route suggestions and numerous practical information has been developed.
Publishing houses that specialized in creating this type of travel books, such
as Karl Baedeker's in Germany and John Murray in England appeared. The
guidebooks issued by them served for templates adapted by other authors and
publishers.In the analyzed period more than 150 Polish guidebooks were
written, mostly connected with big cities, but also i.al. spa resorts and
mountain areas. Difficult political situation consisting in breaking the
country into three partitions, made it hard to create guidebooks about the
entirety of Polish lands. The aim of the article is to characterize Polish
nineteenth-century guidebooks compared to similar European publications. On
the one hand, it should demonstrate the impact of European solutions on the
form and content of Polish guidebooks, and on the other ? the specificity of
Polish guidebooks, determined by particular historical factors. |