{"id":65,"date":"2019-03-19T12:22:48","date_gmt":"2019-03-19T16:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2026-05-08T13:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T17:19:10","slug":"walliss-tour-through-england-and-wales-a-new-geographical-pastime","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/walliss-tour-through-england-and-wales-a-new-geographical-pastime\/","title":{"rendered":"Wallis\u2019s Tour Through England and Wales, a New Geographical Pastime"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>1794, John Wallis, London, England<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is an example of an earlier map game, more complex and less visually entertaining than the ones produced in later decades. From the appearance of the first English geographical board game in 1759, games, puzzles, and &#8216;dissected maps&#8217; began to supplement the teaching and education of upper- and middle-class children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gift of Ellen Liman \u201857<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1263\" height=\"1600\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-241.jpg\" alt=\"Tour Through England and Wales\" class=\"wp-image-139\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7893809467872666;width:642px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Images<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1255\" data-id=\"115\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/74\/2019\/03\/Liman-VictorianGames-031-2.jpg\" alt=\"Just looks like an old map of the countries. Counties are outlined, and everything is colored. Instructions at right and left of image.\" class=\"wp-image-115\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1794, John Wallis, London, England. This is an example of an earlier map game, more complex and less visually entertaining than the ones produced in later decades. From the appearance of the first English geographical board game in 1759, games, puzzles, and &#8216;dissected maps&#8217; began to supplement the teaching and education of upper- and middle-class <a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/walliss-tour-through-england-and-wales-a-new-geographical-pastime\/\" class=\"more-link\">&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Wallis\u2019s Tour Through England and Wales, a New Geographical Pastime<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":464,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-65","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65","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=65"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1084,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/65\/revisions\/1084"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/limangames\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}