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2. John Spilsbury (cartographer) - Wikipedia

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   Inventor of the jigsaw puzzle. "Europe divided into its kingdoms, etc." (1766) Believed to be the first purpose-made jigsaw puzzle. John Spilsbury (/I.P.A. spɪlsbəri/ 1739 – 3 April 1769) [1] was a British cartographer and engraver. He is credited as the inventor of the jigsaw puzzle. Spilsbury created them for educational purposes, and ...

3. Jigsaw puzzle - Wikipedia

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   A jigsaw puzzle (with context, sometimes just jigsaw or just puzzle) is a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of often irregularly shaped interlocking and mosaicked pieces. Typically each piece has a portion of a picture, which is completed by solving the puzzle. In the 18th century, jigsaw puzzles were created by painting a picture on a ...

4. Abraham Ortelius - Wikipedia

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   Originals of Ortelius's maps are popular collectors' items and often sell for tens of thousands of dollars. Facsimiles of his maps are also available from many retailers. A map he made of North and South America is also included in the world's largest commercially available jigsaw puzzle, which is of four world maps. [17]

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   Come back every day for a fresh new Jigsaw puzzle! Come back every day for a fresh new Jigsaw puzzle! ... World Class Poker. Play. Masque Publishing. In Other News. Entertainment. Entertainment.

6. Games World of Puzzles - Wikipedia

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   May 1994 debut logo. Games World of Puzzles (ISSN 1074-4355) was a puzzle magazine published bimonthly by Games Publications, a division of Kappa Publishing Group. Focusing on written puzzles, it was a merger of two spinoffs of Games, Pencilwise Extra and Games Premium Puzzles. Games World of Puzzles debuted in May 1994 and ran as a separate ...

7. World Puzzle Championship - Wikipedia

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   World Puzzle Championship. The World Puzzle Championship (commonly abbreviated as WPC) is an annual international puzzle competition run by the World Puzzle Federation. All the puzzles in the competition are pure-logic problems based on simple principles, designed to be playable regardless of language or culture.