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Robinson Crusoe d'apres Daniel Defoe [Robinson Crusoe after Daniel Defoe]

c 1890

Australian National Maritime Museum

Australian National Maritime Museum
Sydney, Australia

This board game retells the famous story of Robinson Crusoe in French. The illustration on the box lid depicts the desert island, with Crusoe holding his musket and Friday, his freed companion, in a posture of supplication at his feet. There are several smaller images depicting scenes from the book in the corners of the box. It can be played in two ways, as a lotto, or as a pursuit game from England to South America and back. The game mimics the events from the book, including scenes of shipwreck, discovery, conflict with the natives, Crusoe's friendship with Friday and final rescue.

The board game consists of 6 lithograph plates, 48 printed cardboard tokens, 6 pink numbered cards, 5 figures on metal stands, 13 coloured markers, a cup and a papier mache tray.

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  • Title: Robinson Crusoe d'apres Daniel Defoe [Robinson Crusoe after Daniel Defoe]
  • Date: c 1890, c 1890
  • Location: FRANCE
  • Type: Board game, (box)
  • Significance: This board game would have been a popular mode of leisurely 19th-century entertainment and is based on a well-known adventure story of shipwreck, isolation and rescue. It demonstrates its enduring cultural appeal and the extent to which the story impacted readers across the world from when it was first published in 1719, right up to the 19th century.
  • See institution's online collections: http://www.anmm.gov.au/collections
  • Medium: Paper, ink
  • Dimensions: 300 x 375 x 54 mm, 0.756 kg
  • Credit line: ANMM Collection
Australian National Maritime Museum

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