Jessica Rosenkrantz on Twitter: "We got to see the world's first jigsaw puzzle, this dissected map of Europe made by John Spilsbury in 1766 at the @museumofplay https://t.co/157PvwUdvC" / Twitter
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SwiftTalk Limited - Did you know? In 1767, Mr John Spilsbury, an English cartographer, made the very first jigsaw puzzle when he mounted a map on a sheet of hardwood and cut
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