Were Cut-Up Maps Really the First Jigsaw Puzzles? | Where's the Fun from?

John Spilsbury was a dissector of maps and credited as the man who invented the jigsaw puzzle. Welcome to the Jigsaw Puzzle edition of WTFF? (Where's the Fun from?)

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Dissected map provided by the British Library from its digital collections. Catalogue entry., CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index...

Spilsbury Dissected Map from Christie’s Auction: Europe divided into its Kingdoms... Spilsbury, John (1739-69) Credit: Private CollectionPhoto © Christie's Images/Bridgeman Images. Used under license.

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The Jigsaw Puzzle Society’s Latest Fad, The Morning Examiner: Ogden Utah, April 18, 1909.

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