Spectacular Map Games

Over the terminal calendar week I've been having a lot of fun playing alongside the Leaflet-IIIF plug-in. The plug-in allows you lot to map museum documents too manuscripts using the Leaflet,js mapping library.

's Spectacular Compendium of Victorian Map Games uses the plug-in to showcase some of the 18th & 19th century map race games owned past times the Bodleian Library. These board games were used to entertain children spell too teaching a fiddling geography. The geography which was taught was seen from a particluar imperialistic western perspective (or from a distinctly racist perspective on occasion).

All vii games inwards this collection are race games. The objective inwards each game was for the players to expire only about the map board every bit rapidly every bit possible. Each of these games either came alongside a 'teetotum' spinner (which players spun to produce upward one's heed the publish of moves on the board) or came alongside dice. Some of the games too came alongside course of education booklets which provided geographical or historical information on some of the locations featured.