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THANKS, John Spilsbury... 1000 Times Thank You For Inventing Puzzles!
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Who was he? How did he do it? Why did he do it? OK, everyone, stop tweeting and cool down. Let me ‘Spilsbury’ the beans … (lol) Answers are coming in hot. Mr Spilsbury was a British cartographer and engraver. He was assistant to the official geographer of King George III in the 1700s. One day he cut up one of his wood-mounted maps into the Kingdoms of Europe. He thought it would be a good way to help school kids remember their geography. It became a little more than a fun lesson. The concept was clearly monetisable, and Johnno...