by Thomas Cook · Ediciones Granica, S.A. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788475774862
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«Orlando» is the Thomas Cook travel guide to Orlando (Florida), published by Ediciones Granica in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).
The work, illustrated with photographs, offers general information about Orlando (Florida), with details of the main points of interest and tourist attractions in the area, such as the Epcot area, to help prepare a visit itinerary.
The work belongs to the Thomas Cook Viajeros collection, and the Spanish edition includes the translation by Antony Souter and José M. Pomares.
Intended for travellers preparing a visit to Orlando who seek an overview of the city and its main attractions.
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.
