“Game of The Star-Spangled Banner, or Emigrants to the United States” (1830), published by Edward Wallis.
Look how nice Turtle Island was before all the invaders showed up.
“Science in Sport or the Pleasures of Astronomy, A New Instructive Pastime” (1804), published by Edward Wallis.
“The Royal Pastime of Cupid, or Entertaining Game of the Snake” (1794), published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle (all photos by Antoine Bootz/©Pointed Leaf Press).
Fascinating board games here, and you can see so many more, and read about them at Hyperallergic. I love the Elephant, but I have a thing about them.
Any chance we could continue to leave Texas out of the US as per that first board?
We’d have to get all the good folk out first.
Maybe give Texas back to Mexico?
There’s an idea!
When illegal immigrants started flooding Tejas in early 1800s, the destiny of that province was clearly manifest.