A Voyage of Discovery or The Five Navigators
Board Game
1836 (published)
1836 (published)
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Voyage of Discovery is a race game. Five players follow different tracks that have dangers and advantages incidental to sailors. Each track is a different colour and the 'sailors', orplayers, must stay on the path of their own colour. Instructions on what to do are printed in circles along the tracks. Islands, seas and ships form the background to the game.
Object details
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| Title | A Voyage of Discovery or The Five Navigators (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | Hand coloured engraving mounted on linen |
| Brief description | Hand coloured paper on linen game, Voyage of Discovery, published in England by William Spooner in 1836 |
| Physical description | Design: engraving, hand coloured; 12 sections mounted on linen; showing an imaginary group of islands with dangers and advantages incidental to sailors No. of squares: 5 tracks Squares illustrated: none Square numbering: none Squares titled: all Subject of starting square: ? Subject of ending square: ? |
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| Object history | Each of the 5 tracks have dangers and advantages incidental to sailors. Each track is a different colour and the sailors (players) stay on their own colour. The islands, seas and ships are marked. William Spooner was at the address from 1831 to 1836. |
| Historical context | Rewards: forward movement, extra turns Forfeits: backward movement, missed turned No. of Players: 5 Equipment required: compass teetotum, markers Rules: The compass with a 5 star compass in the centre has drawings of sailing ships between each point. Around the outside are 25 boxes, each coloured and containing a different number Rules placement: on each circle, on teetotum (compass) |
| Summary | Voyage of Discovery is a race game. Five players follow different tracks that have dangers and advantages incidental to sailors. Each track is a different colour and the 'sailors', orplayers, must stay on the path of their own colour. Instructions on what to do are printed in circles along the tracks. Islands, seas and ships form the background to the game. |
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| Accession number | CIRC.201-1964 |
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| Record created | March 4, 2000 |
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