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Spilsbury jigsaw "Europe divided into its kingdoms, etc." Believed to be the first purpose made jigsaw puzzle. Map pasted onto board and dissected along country boundaries to make an educational jigsaw puzzle. In 50 pieces, of which 5 (for Scotland, the Channel, the Netherlands, and Corsica & Sardinia) are missing, and that for the Gulf of Finland is damaged.

Lid of box contains reduced copy of map and incomplete handwritten label.
Date 1766
date QS:P571,+1766-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
institution QS:P195,Q23308
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Maps.188.v.12,
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Image taken from Europe divided into its kingdoms &c. by J. Spilsbury

Originally published/produced in London, 1766.

Held and digitised by the British Library, and uploaded to Flickr Commons.
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