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The World's Globe Circler Gameboard

New York World

A lithographed board game published by the New York World celebrating Nellie Bly's 1889-1890 trip around the world.

This game, published by Bly's own newspaper, promoted her famous around-the-world trip to the public.

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Colorful lithographed board game with a circular track of numbered days, circular picture vignettes of ships, trains and landscapes, a portrait of Jules Verne at upper right, a woman in a long dress labeled Nellie Bly at upper left, and the title The World's Globe Circler.
The World's Globe Circler gameboard, New York World, 1889-1890.

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What it is

This is a lithographed board game called The World's Globe Circler, published by the New York World newspaper, the paper that sent Nellie Bly on her famous 1889-1890 journey. The game shows a spiral track of 73 numbered days, with portraits of Bly and novelist Jules Verne, along with images of ships, trains, and landscapes from her route.

Why it matters

The gameboard shows how Bly's journey became a media sensation, promoted by her newspaper to capture public excitement. It reveals how Bly's trip was tied to popular culture, including comparisons to Jules Verne's fictional journey around the world.

Look closer

  • Why might the newspaper have created a game based on Bly's trip?
  • What does the inclusion of Jules Verne suggest about how her journey was marketed?
  • What parts of Bly's real experience might a game like this simplify or leave out?

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Front cover of a red leather-bound book with ornate gold tooling. Gold text reads 'Jules Verne, Le Tour du Monde en 80 Jours, Illustré' inside a central oval medallion, with decorative Greek key borders and floral roundels.Book

Secondary source

Around the World in Eighty Days

Jules Verne · 1872

Front cover of the book 'Ten Days in a Mad-House' by Nellie Bly. Decorative border with vines and a price label reading 'Price 25 Cents' at top. Title in large capitals in a framed panel, with 'by Nellie Bly' signature in script at bottom, above a wreath-like ornament with flowers.Book

Primary source

Ten Days in a Mad-House

Nellie Bly · 1887

Sepia studio portrait of a woman in a long checked coat and a striped cap, holding a dark handbag, standing before a painted garden backdrop with a tiled floor.Photograph

Primary source

Nellie Bly, Journalist

1889

Front cover of the Official Program for the Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington, March 3, 1913. A painted illustration shows a woman on a white horse blowing a trumpet and carrying a purple banner reading 'Votes for Women', with the Capitol dome at right and two women walking behind. Text reads 'Official Program, Woman Suffrage, Procession, Washington D.C. March 3, 1913'.Document

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Official Program, Woman Suffrage Procession, Washington, March 3, 1913

National American Woman Suffrage Association · 3 March 1913

Black-and-white studio portrait of a woman standing in a checked wool coat with large buttons, a cap on her head, and a crocodile-skin travel bag in her right hand. A painted backdrop of foliage and a patterned carpet surround her. Printed title above reads Nellie Bly; caption below describes her trip around the earth in 72 days, 6 hours, and 11 minutes.Photograph

Primary source

Nellie Bly, The New York Correspondent

1889

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