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cover of Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography by W. & A. K. Johnston (Edinburgh, 1912)
12020-11-09T16:48:56-05:00London to Berlin22timeline2020-11-09T22:26:18-05:002020-11-09T16:04The Nord Express left Charing Cross station just now and I am on it, bound for Berlin. Tucked into a private compartment. Letting London recede from view and pondering a cup of tea.
We will cross the English Channel by train ferry. If by some miracle we don't sink before reaching Dunkirk, we continue on through Ostend, Brussels, Cologne, and Hanover. Berlin tomorrow.
Which means I have time to contemplate fate and study Johnston's Royal Atlas. I was intentionally frivolous yesterday. Spent 4 shillings on the full atlas, mounted on cloth and folded into a case, instead of 3 shillings on a single sheet. Why have just "European Russia" when one could also have the Kingdom of Poland, Central Asia, and the rest of the world to boot?
Besides, I fell in love with the map of the Baltic Sea. The frayed edges of the empire, dipped in salt.
12020-11-09T21:59:23-05:00An intentional purchase (made in London)10Which means I have time to contemplate fate and study Johnston's Royal Atlas...plain2020-11-10T15:26:45-05:002020-11-09T16:12Which means I have time to contemplate fate and study Johnston's Royal Atlas of Modern Geography.
I was intentionally frivolous yesterday. Spent 4 shillings on the full atlas, mounted on cloth and folded into a case, instead of 3 shillings on a single sheet.
