The Sherlock Holmes Atlas
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World: Europe: SwitzerlandRepublic in central Europe, pop. 3,315,443 [1900]. [JT]FINA: Holmes and Watson plan to hide out in Switzerland while the London police nab Moriarty and his gang. Holmes:"In the meantime we shall treat ourselves to a couple of carpet-bags, encourage the manufactures of the countries through which we travel, and make our way at leisure into Switzerland, via Luxembourg and Basle." EMPT: Col. Sebastian Moran was with Moriarty in Switzerland and witnessed the encounter at Reichenbach. Holmes:"... and it was undoubtedly he who gave me that evil five minutes on the Reichenbach ledge." Click to view larger image "Suisse, typical Swiss scene" Notes: Chromolithograph printed by Lemercier in paris, published in London and Paris, about 1865. Source: Steve Bartrick Antique Prints & Maps Last Modified: Sept. 27, 1997 |