A rare board game of the wilds of South America

A Victorian goose-game, with players racing around 84 locations in South America, from Demerara (part of British Guiana) south to Tierra del Fuego and back to the north coast. The stops include Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires & Lima, and numerous vignettes of the flora and fauna, from the curious (anteaters) to the dangerous (a massive snake eating a deer). On Juan Fernandez Island is Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for 'Robinson Crusoe'. The illustrated cartouche is signed by John Henry Banks (1816-79), a draughtsman and engraver best know for his 'Cosmoramic View of London' of 1845, also published by Wallis.