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Japan

For Joseph Conrad and Andrei Bely, 1918

Put on your suit of Rhodesian wool and costume your senior retainer in her native garb. Then board a vessel flying the burgee of the Korean Mail Steamship Company, hoist anchor, steam toward the Peninsula, and conquer.

Source: http://pinktentacle.com/2010/05/japanese-steamship-travel-posters/ , photoshopped

September 12, 2013 jonathanmorse
Andrei BelycolonialismimperialismJapanJoseph ConradKoreapostership
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