A map indicating trading routes used around the 1st century CE centred on the Silk Road. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Everything finds its use, sooner or later.
And if one’s a writer, everything finds a writing-related use, sooner or later.
Back when I was planning my after-graduation Silk Road adventure that never happened, I got me a few maps and guidebooks.
These went to form the core of my still-growing collection of books on the subject.
As of now, I’m also sort of a Travel Guide collector – as Blondie used to sing, dreaming is free.
Now, almost fifteen years later, I dug out some of the stuff to document a story I’m writing.
Guidebooks are great for local detail – and one can even find out how things change through time by comparing guidebooks from different decades.
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