by Russell Chamberlin, Thomas Cook · Ediciones Granica, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475773643
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«Florencia y Toscana» is the travel guide by Russell Chamberlin and Thomas Cook, published by Ediciones Granica, S.A. in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
Travel guide to Florence and Tuscany covering the region's historical, artistic and cultural heritage. Includes practical information for planning a tour of its most representative cities and monuments, with references to the history and art that have made this area of Italy famous.
Part of the Thomas Cook Travellers collection and the Spanish translation of «Florence and Tuscany (Thomas Cook Travellers)».
Aimed at travelers visiting Florence and Tuscany who want an overview of its heritage and history.
Thomas Cook was the founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son. He was born into a poor family in Derbyshire and left school at the age of ten to start work as a gardener's boy. He served an apprenticeship as a cabinet maker before becoming an itinerant Baptist preacher. He was a supporter of the temperance movement and his first foray into tourism was a railway excursion to Loughborough for members of the Leicester Temperance Society in 1841. Following the success of this excursion, Cook, by now settled with his family in Leicester, began to organise tours further afield in the British Isles and, eventually, to the United States, Egypt and the Holy Land. In 1872, he went into business with his son as Thomas Cook & Son, with a head office in London. Following his retirement in 1878, he returned to Leicester and took an interest in the Baptist church and charitable work until his death. Cook is credited with having, through his all-inclusive tours, made travel and tourism accessible to a wider public.
