The American Traveller or, Tourists' and Emigrants' Guide Through the United States...

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Creator

Henry S. Tanner

Title

The American Traveller or, Tourists' and Emigrants' Guide Through the United States...

Coverage

New York

Publisher

T. R. Tanner

Date

1844

Description

Tanner’s American Traveller was one of the first travel guides for railroad travel in the United States. Tanner, himself an accomplished mapmaker who had produced travel guides for road and canal travelers turned his attention to railroads in the 1840’s. The railroad network, particularly in the Northeast and Mid Atlantic was sophisticated enough that guidebooks were needed to get between stations in various cities.