Game board for "Bowles’s Geographical Game of the World" printed with a map of the world. It was meant to be played with multiple players, spinning a teetotum (spinning dice) to move their marker around the map, and to teach players basic facts about different parts of the world.
Physical Description
1 gameboard : col. map (paper mounted on canvas) ; 49 x 65 cm., in case 18 x 14 cm.
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Description
Game board for "Bowles’s Geographical Game of the World" printed with a map of the world. It was meant to be played with multiple players, spinning a teetotum (spinning dice) to move their marker around the map, and to teach players basic facts about different parts of the world.
Physical Description
1 gameboard : col. map (paper mounted on canvas) ; 49 x 65 cm., in case 18 x 14 cm.
Notes
Additional context: Originally created in the late 1700s, the game shares a clearly Western Christian view of the world, with punishments like having to move backwards if you land on Mecca and choose to follow the Muslim religion.