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Description

1. 1 print : lithograph, color; 37 x 52 cm

Summary

1. An educational race game of the Jeu d L'Oiel (game of goose) type. Intended to be played with a pair of dice and tokens (not included). The game track follows the events of the 1926 voyage of the dirigible "Norge" over the North Pole. The 72-space game track is shown as series of 58 numbered circular spaces (with geographic captions) that are colored to reflect the flag of each country the dirigible passed over (Italy, England, France, Denmark, Norway and Sweden, the Russian Republic, the North Pole, and Alaska) and several larger numbered spaces: 4 rectangular vignettes in the four corners showing scenes from the dirigible's voyage and 10 larger circles that contain small outline maps, with relevant place names, that show a black line for the path of the "Norge" across each of the maps.The game track meanders on the sheet and has no relationship to geography. The favorable spaces in the game depict the head of the dog, Titina, the mascot that accompanied the designer and pilot of the dirigible "Norge," Umberto Nobile. The central background of the game depicts a bird's eye view of the polar ice cap with the flags of Italy, Norway, and the United States descending from the "Norge" toward the surface of the North Pole. For a detailed description of the game and its relevance to the Game of Goose -- cf. Adrian Seville, "The geographical Jeux de l'Oie of Europe", Belgeo [Online], 3-4 (2008), Online since 22 May 2013, connection on 08 March 2023. URL: http://journals.openedition.org/belgeo/11907; DOI: https://doi.org/10.4000/belgeo.11907.

Subject

1. Board games
2. Pictorial works
3. Arctic Regions
4. Arctic Ocean > North Pole
5. Norge (Airship)
6. North Pole > Aerial exploration > Pictorial works
7. Airships > Pictorial works
8. Norge (Airship) Pictorial works

Genre/Form

1. Board games.
2. Pictorial works.

Call number

1. Map Div. 23-847

Note

1. Includes color illustrations of the dirigible "Norge" and scenes along its travels. With 10 inset maps. Printed captions naming features, locations, and activities appear in or next to the spaces, the scenes, and the maps. A two column legend of the rules of the game is at the foot.

Author

1. Marca Stella (Firm)

Title

1. Il dirigibile "Norge" alla scoperta del "Polo Nord" : guioco ricreativo istruttivo.

Publisher

1. [Milan] : Marca Stella, [1926 or 1927]

Type of content

1. still image
2. cartographic image
3. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Research call number

1. Map Div. 23-847 [Filed as Arctic Regions 1927]