Detail View: Selections from the David Rumsey Map Collection II: The world's globe circler
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Short Title:
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The world's globe circler
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Obj Height cm:
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41
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Object Width cm:
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40
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Note:
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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.
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Full Title:
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The "World's globe circler". (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days).
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List No:
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8320.002
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Series No:
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2
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Pub Date:
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1890
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Pub Title:
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The "World's globe circler". (Gameboard, based on Jules Verne's Around the world in 80 days).
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Pub Note:
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See note field above.
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Pub List No:
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8320
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Pub Height cm:
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41
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Pub Width cm:
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40
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Image No:
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8320002.jp2
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Publisher:
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No Publisher
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Publisher Location:
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New York
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Type:
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Game
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World Area:
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World
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Pub Type:
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Game
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Date:
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1890
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Filename:
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8320002.jp2
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