{"product_id":"vintage-flags-chart-hardcover-journal-matte-travel-notebook","title":"Harmsworth Atlas Flags Journal — 1908 British Empire Notebook","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn 1908, six years before the Great War would redraw the map of the world, the Harmsworth Atlas and Gazetteer published two flag charts that captured the political order of the Edwardian moment. The front cover carries \u003cstrong\u003eFlags of the British Empire\u003c\/strong\u003e — a visual inventory of the territories under British rule at the Empire’s greatest territorial extent, from Canada and Australia to India, Africa, and the Caribbean. The back cover presents \u003cstrong\u003eEuropean Flags\u003c\/strong\u003e — the national flags of a continent whose empires and kingdoms would be shattered, within a decade, by the catastrophe of the First World War.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePublished by Amalgamated Press in London, the Harmsworth Atlas was part of Alfred Harmsworth’s project to bring high-quality geographical knowledge within reach of the ordinary British reader. Its flag charts were educational tools in the most direct sense — instruments for teaching geography, history, and political awareness to a generation growing up in a world that was, for the first time, genuinely global. They are also, in retrospect, documents of a world on the eve of its transformation: the flags of empires that would not survive the century, captured at the last moment of their apparent permanence.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFormat: Hardcover journal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePages: 150 lined pages (75 sheets) with perforations for easy removal\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Casewrap sewn binding — flexible and lay-flat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDimensions: 5.75 × 8 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 100 g\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCover: Matte laminated full-wrap print\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFront cover: \u003cem\u003eFlags of the British Empire\u003c\/em\u003e, Harmsworth Atlas (1908)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBack cover: \u003cem\u003eEuropean Flags\u003c\/em\u003e, Harmsworth Atlas (1908)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Amalgamated Press, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003ePerfect For\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTravelers and geography enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHistory collectors and vexillology fans\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBritish Empire historians and Edwardian era enthusiasts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCartography lovers and atlas collectors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone who appreciates early 20th-century educational charts\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA beautiful gift for those who love flags, maps, and world history\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eThe Story Behind the Charts\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe atlas that published these charts, the publisher who created it, and the world those flags documented on the eve of its transformation — \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/new-old-time\/harmsworth-atlas-1908-flags-british-empire-edwardian-vexillology\"\u003eread the full story on our blog →\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"LeBonJournal","offers":[{"title":"Journal","offer_id":62825789555057,"sku":"23397709295206553231","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/5367\/0769\/files\/Harmsworth_Atlas_1908_flags_journal_on_antique_oak_desk.png?v=1776176630","url":"https:\/\/lebonjournal.com\/products\/vintage-flags-chart-hardcover-journal-matte-travel-notebook","provider":"LeBonJournal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}