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Composite image of the four friezes on the front of the Thomas Cook Building in Leicester, England. The panels depict excursions offered by the travel company; the building is Grade II listed.

A photo of Thomas Cook (1808-92), a book salesman, Baptist preacher and tract distributor of Derbyshire, who was a pioneer in the tourist industry. The map discussed in this exhibit was created by his company "Thomas Cook & Son," which is in its…

This is a photo of a Thomas Cook & Son ticket entitling travel to Jeddah and back from Bombay and onwards to an undisclosed location during 1886. Although the ticket has not been completed by its holder, there are options to travel by steamboat from…

The booklet calls the tour 'The Mecca Pilgrimage' describing a trip designed for the 'control of movements of Mahomedan Pilgrims from all parts of India to Jeddah for Mecca, Medina and back.' It also reads that the Company was appointed by the…

Zoomed-In Crop of Mumbai Map Gymkhanas

Zoomed-In Crop of Mumbai Map Gymkhanas

One of the many gymkhana's Vaishya depicts on the mpa

One of the gymkhana Vaishya depicts on the map

According to Paul Smith, the company's archivist, Thomas Cook's son John was the one that was more "commercially minded" and consequently "internationalised" the company with offices in the US, Egypt and India. These are two of the over 10,000…

The St. Thomas Cathedral constructed by Charles Boone in 1718, and was the first Anglican Church in Bombay.