COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
New York World
Date:
1890
Short Title:
The world's globe circler
Publisher:
No Publisher
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Game Map
Obj Height cm:
41
Obj Width cm:
40
Note:
This very graphic, lithographed gameboard is about journalist Nellie Bly's trip around the world in 1889-1890. Mounted on a heavy cardbord, backed with black paper, with decorative gold border. Game shows squares for each of the 73 days of her journey arranged in a circular pattern, flanked with images of Nellie Bly and Jules Verne are illustrated in the top left and right corners, Nellie's ship and train are pictured in the lower corners. It is embellished with illustrations from the remarkable character's journey. Spaces show where she was on the voyage, twisting in a nautilus-type spiral, at the center of which is Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty.
World Area:
World
Subject:
Pictorial map
Full Title:
The "World's globe circler". (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days).
List No:
8320.002
Series No:
2
Publication Author:
New York World
Pub Date:
1890
Pub Title:
The "World's globe circler". (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days).
Pub Note:
See note field above.
Pub List No:
8320.000
Pub Type:
Game
Pub Height cm:
41
Pub Width cm:
40
Image No:
8320002.jp2
Authors:
New York World
