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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…
An 1887 map of Bombay created by the tourist agency, Thomas Cook & Son.
A Close-up of a portion of "Cook's Plan of Bombay., including the Walkeshwar region and Malabar Hill. A mix of meticulously drawn small roads, buildings, trees and terrain.
A Close-up of a portion of "Cook's Plan of Bombay., including the Walkeshwar region and Malabar Hill. A mix of meticulously drawn small roads, buildings, trees and terrain.
A Close Shot of a portion of the "Cook's Plan of Bombay" map, including Thomas Cook & Son's Bombay office marked.
A Close Shot of a portion of the "Cook's Plan of Bombay" map, including Thomas Cook & Son's Bombay office marked.
This is a close shot of the bottom right edge of the "Cook's Plan of Bombay" map. It shows five of the 30 landmarks that adorn the edges of 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…
Hagia Sophia, Thessalonike (Salonica), Macedonia, Greece