John Murray (publisher)

John Murray is a publishing house in London, which was founded in 1768. We know the names of the publishing house was through the journey Manuals ( Handbooks for travelers ), which he edited from 1836 to 1901. He also brought first time in 1859 ( and later in other editions) Charles Darwin's work The Origin of Species out. The works of Samuel Smiles and David Livingstone were of the publisher at the direction of John Murray III. , The grandson of the founder, publisher issued.

Because of the color of their bindings, the Murray - manuals were given the nickname Red Books and became a sort of "bible" for travelers. The first Red Book of 1836 recorded the sights of Holland, Belgium and the Rhineland and recommended to the tourists the most picturesque and romantic routes. The sights were rated with a star system in this case, the John Murray III. had invented.

The concept of the things worth seeing in itself was coined by Murray, who together with the German Karl Baedeker as " one of the prophets of tourism" (Hans Magnus Enzensberger ) can thus apply.