Wallis's New Game, Exhibiting a Voyage round The World.
London,
Published by E. Wallis, 42 Skinner Street and 12 High Street, Islington,
[c1823].
Engraved game map with hand colour, dissected and mounted on linen, folding into original cloth slipcase, lettered in gilt.
490 by 630mm (19.25 by 24.75 inches).
10796
notes:
Wallis first published a game of this nature in 1796 (see Whitehouse facing p.7 for an illustration), by the 1820's a number of new discoveries had been incorporated together with other refinements made to the game itself.
The sheet contains the world in two conjoined hemispheres with 5 additional hemispheres around the outside consisting of 'Geographical Circles,' 'Zones, ' 'Parallels of Latitude,' 'Meridians,' and an 'Explanation of Geographical Characters.' T...
The sheet contains the world in two conjoined hemispheres with 5 additional hemispheres around the outside consisting of 'Geographical Circles,' 'Zones, ' 'Parallels of Latitude,' 'Meridians,' and an 'Explanation of Geographical Characters.' T...
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