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[SHIRASE, Nobu (1861–1946)]. Nankyoku Tanken Hikoki Sugoroku [English translation: South Pole Expedition Sugoroku]. Tokyo: Jitsugyo no Nibon Sha, 1 January 1911.
(540 x 740 mm). Color pictorial lithograph of a Japanese Antarctic exploration board game issued as a supplement in “Nihon Shonen”. (Old folds, gaming pieces trimmed off at outer edge). A competitive sugoroku which has 4 start points: Tokyo, Berlin, London and New York, targeting the final destination/goal the South Pole. There are four different routes to move forward indicated with different colors. This may be the first example of multiple starting points in a board game. It was January of Meiji 45th (1912) the year after publication of this sugoroku when Lt. Shirase arrived at latitude 80.5° South in his quest to reach the South Pole. Not in Ross.