Geography Playing Cards

Cards Eh!
“Cards Eh!” playing cards with general information about Canada produced by JK Productions of Richmond, British Columbia in 2002.

Charles Hodges
Charles Hodges produced engraved geographical and astronomical decks, London, c.1827-30.

Chief Cities Quartettes
Hand-made ‘Chief Cities Quartettes’ card game, c.1910.

Costumes des Peuples Étrangers
Costumes des Peuples Étrangers & Jeu d’Or dedicated to young people and likely used for games and fortune-telling.

Counties of England
Jaques’ Counties of England card game.

Counties of England 4th Series
Jaques' Counties of England card game, 4th Series (Southern Counties), c.1910.

Countries of the World
“Countries of the World” published by H.P. Gibson & Sons, Ltd, c.1939.

Des Quatre Parties du Monde
Four Corners of the World fantasy playing cards by Daveluy, Bruges, Belgium, 1875-1880.

Four Continents Patience
Dondorf's 'Four Continents' Patience, c.1910.

Four Continents playing cards
made by Fulladosa y Comp of Barcelona

Four Empires - Clemente Roxas
‘Four Empires’ playing cards produced by Clemente Roxas, c.1805.

Game of Cities
Game of Cities published by E.E Fairchild Co, 1932.

Game of Nations
The “Game of Nations” depicting caricatures of traditional costumes manufactured by McLoughlin Brothers, USA 1890s.

Geographical Playing Cards, c.1682
Geographical playing cards sold by Henry Brome, second edition, c.1682.

Instructive and Educational Playing Cards
Playing cards with an educational and instructive purpose first trended in mid-17th century France, inspiring imitations on a growing number of topics such as Arithmetic, Fortification and Military Science, Geometry, Grammar, Heraldry, Cartography, Biographies, Mythology, History, Political Satire, and so on.

Jeu de la Géographie
“Jeu de Géographie” educational playing cards etched by Stefano Della Bella and published in c.1644.

L’Utile col Diletto
Geographical and Heraldic Tarocchi cards from Bologna, 1725.

Lever Brothers miniatures
Two miniature card games promoting Vim Scouring Powder and Sunshine Soap, 1930s.

Mapit
“Mapit” war map card game published by Geographia Ltd, 55 Fleet Street, London E.C., c.1940s.

Population
The game of Population was first published by the Fireside Game Co., Cincinnati, USA (a division of United States Playing Card Co), in c.1896