Antique
World Map Puzzles
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The Geographic Educator
Entry: September 2019 (mh-0312)
The New Star in my Collection!
Hard to find, especially if you want to have a complete one! But here it is: The Geographic Educator from 1927!
For me a really spectacular piece of history. The map shows main steam ship routes including the world's first nonstop transatlantic flight of a single person by Charles Lindbergh in May 1927.
There was no other comparable puzzle globe before and after its distribution from 1927 to 1929. Starting in 1927 the production of the toy lasted only 2 years. The company, the Geographic Educator Corporation, based in New York City, USA, fell prey to the Great Depression in 1929.
Dissected Map of the World
Entry: September 2019 (mh-0313)
Is it a Peacock Puzzle or not?
I've often seen this box but never could get the world puzzle... only they sold Scotland or England or the map of Europe. But if you have enough time to wait, one day you will get what you want! ;o) Nice Box, nice wooden jigsaw puzzle, nice cut and a nice map. Unfortunately, there is missing the paper template of the map, but for me the most important thing is that the puzzle is complete and the box is present.
The only thing I was wondering is about the manufacturer: Is it a puzzle produced by William Peacock or not? You will get the answer soon!
Planisphère by Jeux Artistiques
Entry: August 2019 (mh-0309)
The Puzzle in the Puzzle!
It’s hard to determine the publishing date of the puzzle. Often you will find in the internet the information that the puzzle was published in the 1950s or 1960s. But that can’t be correct. First, the borderline of the Antarctic continent is still pictured with broken lines (before 1946). The Sakhalin Island and the Carolines in the Pacific Ocean are mentioned as Japanese occupancy (from 1905 / 1914 to 1945). Libya in the north of Africa is painted as an Italian colony (from 1911 to 1947).
But the biggest puzzle is that the map is showing Canada still as a Dominion of the United Kingdom (1867 to 1931). The same applies for Australia (Dominion until 1942). So from which date is this map or the jigsaw puzzle?
