Baedeker having 10,000 copies printed by the "Bibliographisches Institut." However, after some 1000 copies had been sold, the Russians said the guidebook contained military secrets in the form of a map showing the site of their "Kommandantura", and confiscated the remaining copies. New English titles during this time were 1927's "Tyrol and the Dolomites", 1931's "The Riviera" (including South Eastern France and Corsica), an edition of "Germany" for the 1936 Olympic Games, and 1939's "Madeira, Canary Islands, Azores, Western Morocco". 1948−1979: Karl Friedrich Baedeker (1910−1979) was the son of Karl Baedeker III, who was killed in action at the Battle of
Michael Thomas Bass (1760–1827) and was MP for Derby for over 35 years. His third son Abraham Bass was an influential cricketer, known as the 'father of Midlands cricket'. Michael Thomas Bass (1760–1827) Michael Thomas Bass (23 July 1760 – 9 March 1827) was a brewer of Burton-on-Trent, England, who considerably developed the Bass brewing company. Bass was the son of William Bass, a carrier from Leicestershire, who founded the brewery in 1777. After his father's death in 1787, Michael ran the brewery with his brother William until he took sole control in 1795. He continued to develop the Baltic trade with Russia and