Karl Baedeker Tirol und Salzburg, Oberitalien 1855: Paris und Umgebung. nebst Rouen, Havre, Dieppe, Boulogne und den Eisenbahn-Strassen vom Rhein bis Paris 1859: La Hollande et la Belgique 1860: Allemagne et quelques parties les pays limitrophes jusqu'à Strasbourg, Metz, Luxembourg, Coprnhague, Cracovie, Bude-Pesth, Venise, Milan, etc. From the beginning, Baedeker realised the importance of including quality, reliable maps in his travel guides, which were black-and-white initially. To this end, he engaged the services of Eduard Wagner of Darmstadt, a specialist in cartography, and the maps he produced for Baedeker were way ahead of the times. The first Baedeker travel guide in English
Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis Karl Alexander, 5th Prince of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: "Karl Alexander Fürst von Thurn und Taxis" (22 February 1770, Imperial City of Regensburg, Holy Roman Empire, 15 July 1827, Schloss Taxis, Dischingen, Kingdom of Württemberg) was the fifth Prince of Thurn and Taxis, head of the Thurn-und-Taxis-Post, and Head of the Princely House of Thurn and Taxis from 13 November 1805 until his death on 15 July 1827. With the death of his father on 13 November 1805, he became nominal "Generalpostmeister" of the Imperial Reichspost until the resignation of