COLLECTION NAME:
Selections from the David Rumsey Map Collection II
Record
Short Title:
Covers: The world's globe circler. (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days).
Obj Height cm:
41
Object 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.
Full Title:
(Covers to) The "World's globe circler". (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days).
List No:
8320.001
Series No:
1
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
Pub Height cm:
41
Pub Width cm:
40
Image No:
8320001.jp2
Publisher:
No Publisher
Publisher Location:
New York
Type:
Covers
Pub Type:
Game
Date:
1890
Filename:
8320001.jp2
Covers: The world's globe circler. (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in ...
