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Delorme Topographical Map Puzzle
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THE CHALLENGE BEGINS HERE!
Build on your knowledge of the neighborhood and surrounding community
with this specially commissioned Delorme map jigsaw puzzle. Starting with
familiar areas, discover and explore new places around your house and
hometown. To help get you started, the centrepiece is shaped like a house and is
centered on your home! We have deliberately resisted the temptation to include
a traditional guide print in the hope that it adds to the challenging fun and
makes your jigsaw journey even more rewarding.
Your puzzle is individually created from the Delorme North American
Topographical map base, which is the most suitable and up to date mapping
available to allow us to offer you the best image for your puzzle. Delorme’s
latest ground-breaking dataset adds for the first time a subtle hill shading to the
contours thus enhancing the mapping with a 3D relief effect. Combine this with
over 30 years’ experience of market leading cartography and the result is a
fantastic modern & accurate map base. We harness this imagery with a
custom-built geolocation tool that allows us to place your chosen
address in the centre of your jigsaw.
Did you know the first ever jigsaw puzzles were the invention of an Englishman,
John Spilsbury, during the late 18th century? Based in London and trained as
an apprentice engraver & map maker at the court of King George III, Spilsbury
went on to create map-based jigsaws – called ‘dissected maps’ – to help
students learn geography. And so, the tradition lives on with your unique
made-to-order home centered puzzle. Enjoy!