Walker's Geographical Pastime, or Tour Through the Eastern Hemisphere, or Old World. An Amusing and Instructive Game. [and] Walker's Geographical Pastime, or Tour Through the Western Hemisphere, or New World. An Amusing and Instructive Game.
London,
Published, W. Darton, 58 Holborn Hill, of whom may be had by the same Author various other Instructive Games,
9th May, 1816.
Two engraved maps, both with fine original full-wash colour, dissected and mounted on linen, together with two rule books, 46, [2]p. advert, and 66, [6]p. advert, both stab bound, paper wrappers, folding into original green marbled paper slipcase, with publisher's label, rubbed.
(each) 520 by 480mm (20.5 by 19 inches).
2258
notes:
Two companion geographical games of the eastern and western hemispheres.
The player begins his journey of the eastern hemisphere in Ireland, travelling through Europe, then on through Asia to China, the East Indies, and Australia. The player then crosses the Indian Ocean and visits the east coast of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Middle East, where the traveller visits Mecca, whose temple is said to "resemble the Royal Exchange in shape, but is nearly t...
The player begins his journey of the eastern hemisphere in Ireland, travelling through Europe, then on through Asia to China, the East Indies, and Australia. The player then crosses the Indian Ocean and visits the east coast of Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, and the Middle East, where the traveller visits Mecca, whose temple is said to "resemble the Royal Exchange in shape, but is nearly t...
bibliography:
provenance:
Norie’s rare chart of the Pacific, and a tale of ‘Moby Dick’
“A work of conscious art” (Firzhardinge)
The whale and the warships
A revolution in epidemiology – John Snow’s cholera map
Tokyo’s Imperial Palace
An iconic image of the 1683-84 Frost Fair
Following in Louis Freycinet’s “footsteps”
A striking map of Southeast Asia from the 1482 Ulm Ptolemy
The “bicycle spoke” map of the world
The Gaspar Strait
Gambols on the River Thames
The distribution of Dumont d’Urville’s Astrolabe voyage
A revolution in data visualisation – First state of Beck’s iconic tube map
Foundation map of Silicon Valley – inscribed by the artist
Arrowsmith’s map of the Bahamas 

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