![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 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](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiJWZMpU8AAuSAn.jpg:large)
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
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
![Map on the lid of a box containing a jigsaw puzzle. North and South America in its principal divisions / by J. Spilsbury. London : J. Spilsbury, 1767. 14 x 16 cm. Map on the lid of a box containing a jigsaw puzzle. North and South America in its principal divisions / by J. Spilsbury. London : J. Spilsbury, 1767. 14 x 16 cm.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/R58N6J/map-on-the-lid-of-a-box-containing-a-jigsaw-puzzle-north-and-south-america-in-its-principal-divisions-by-j-spilsbury-london-j-spilsbury-1767-14-x-16-cm-source-maps188v15-lid-of-a-box-author-spilsbury-john-R58N6J.jpg)
Map on the lid of a box containing a jigsaw puzzle. North and South America in its principal divisions / by J. Spilsbury. London : J. Spilsbury, 1767. 14 x 16 cm.
![Twitter 上的 Nao Casanova:"El primer PUZZLE moderno fue un mapa seccionado por las fronteras, y lo inventó (lógicamente) un cartógrafo. JOHN SPILSBURY, que además era grabador, produjo en 1766 sus primeros "mapas Twitter 上的 Nao Casanova:"El primer PUZZLE moderno fue un mapa seccionado por las fronteras, y lo inventó (lógicamente) un cartógrafo. JOHN SPILSBURY, que además era grabador, produjo en 1766 sus primeros "mapas](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EoO-WNSW8AMRksh.jpg)