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The first jigsaw puzzle was not genuine around 1760, when John Spilsbury, a British engraver and mapmaker, mounted a map on a sheet of wood that he then sawed around each individual country |
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| Spilsbury used the product to aid in cultivation geography |
| After catching on with the wider public, this remained the capital exercise of jigsaw puzzles until about 1820. |
A sample of notable puzzle authors includes Sam Loyd, Henry Dudeney, Boris Kordemsky and, more recently, David J. http://www.discountphotogifts.com/ Bodycombe, Will Shortz and Martin Gardner.