{"id":42,"date":"2019-03-19T12:21:39","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2025-05-09T15:10:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T19:10:08","slug":"the-game-of-the-golden-shield-on-which-is-displayed-useful-and-entertaining-information-for-the-european-traveller","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/the-game-of-the-golden-shield-on-which-is-displayed-useful-and-entertaining-information-for-the-european-traveller\/","title":{"rendered":"The Game of the Golden Shield, on which is displayed Useful and Entertaining information for the European Traveller"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>1822, William Darton, London, England.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This instructional game depicts events and locations in continental Europe that the English public would have considered fascinating. The board depicts a range of events and activities, from recreational past times (ice skating in the Netherlands, No. 18) to specific events like the atrocities of the Cretan War (1645-69, No. 7). Of the latter, the instructions explain, \u201cThe deed here represented is of a horrible nature, yet it seems to relate some historical fact, and therefore merits investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>11 &#8211; Sack of Rome, 1527<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12 &#8211; Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 79 AD<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>13 &#8211; The Grotto del Cani in Naples, famous for its poisonous fumes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>17 &#8211; The Parisian Catacombs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19 &#8211; Bullfighting in Madrid (also depicted in\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/european-travellers-an-instructive-game\/\">European Travelers<\/a>)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20 &#8211; The burning of Jan Hus, 1415<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Gift of Ellen Liman \u201857<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1312\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-165-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-135\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1822, William Darton, London, England. This instructional game depicts events and locations in continental Europe that the English public would have considered fascinating. The board depicts a range of events and activities, from recreational past times (ice skating in the Netherlands, No. 18) to specific events like the atrocities of the Cretan War (1645-69, No. <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/the-game-of-the-golden-shield-on-which-is-displayed-useful-and-entertaining-information-for-the-european-traveller\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  The Game of the Golden Shield, on which is displayed Useful and Entertaining information for the European Traveller<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":453,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1054,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/42\/revisions\/1054"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}