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| | Features | 3000 piecesFinished product measures 32" x 48"
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| WARNING:| CHOKING HAZARD -- Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs. |
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| | Description | This antique map is a dual hemisphere map, published in 1665, and lives up to the reputation of one of the finest cartography houses of the 17th century. This 3000 piece puzzle is 32 x 48 when finished. | |
| | Product Details | | Product Length: | 17.0 inches | | Product Width: | 11.75 inches | | Product Height: | 2.25 inches | | Product Weight: | 4.41 pounds | | Package Length: | 17.01 inches | | Package Width: | 11.89 inches | | Package Height: | 2.13 inches | | Package Weight: | 4.06 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 10 reviews |
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 Cool Map May 16, 2010
Really cool map - but hard! Word of warning: the people at the top are on the puzzle so be aware if you are looking JUST for a globe. Excellent product and exactly as described.
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 too hard and too big Feb 15, 2010
My eyes hurt trying to find pieces to fit together. I had to give up because it was not fun anymore. I also needed my dining room table back.
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 Fantastic but flawed puzzle Nov 15, 2009
This is a great puzzle, but not perfect.
First the good: It looks beautiful. Aesthetically it is well placed between smaller, lower piece world map puzzles that aren't large enough enough to be striking or capture any real artistic detail, and larger world map puzzles which may be excessively large to hang in a study and are more artwork than map (such as the 9,000 piece Ravensburger) which in my opinion take the focus away from where it should be - on the globe. The detail on the pieces is fantastic, as is the coloring where the different shades of color of the oceans are preserved for example.
The pieces are well cut and fit together perfectly. I only had 2 pieces out of the 3000 that had their backing frayed, which is trivial and has no effect on the front of the puzzle. The packaging was virtually sediment free, so there weren't any particles of cardboard that attached themselves to the pieces and had to be meticulously cleared off, as happens with some puzzles. In terms of quality of the pieces and the artwork, I can't fault the puzzle. Ravensburger have done an exceptional job.
Finally the puzzle is very fun. It is definitely challenging and time-consuming due to its size and detail, however if you are serious about doing puzzles for a challenge then it is really the perfect practice puzzle for anyone who one day hopes to tackle a large 13,200 piece puzzle. That's because the puzzle teaches you to split up puzzles into smaller sub-puzzles, for example: into the banner at the top, the "Nova Totivs" writing section below that, then the map itself into art segments and two globe segments, each globe of which can each be further divided into two hemispheres. All those "borders within the puzzle border" allow you do divide the puzzle into mini-puzzles which makes it easier, and there is enough art and detail that you will be able to differentiate most pieces instead of having hundreds that look identical in every way as in some larger puzzles of paintings. The pieces too are a classic shape which is a good place to start, but the puzzle is still very challenging if you underestimate it. It's very fun and interesting too see the little touches that make the map unique - California is an island for example, as was commonly and incorrectly depicted at the time, there are sea monsters, and in South America you can see explorers meeting the natives and so on.
Overall then I would definitely recommend the puzzle to anyone who wants to do a challenging, but not impossible puzzle that looks fantastic when completed. There is one major problem however: the map itself is not centered well on the puzzle. Put another way, the puzzle is obviously a large rectangle, as is the map printed onto the puzzle. However the map is not properly centered on top of that rectangle - rather it is shifted to the top-left. What this means is that on the left-hand side and the top, the map almost comes to the edge of the cardboard, while on the bottom and the right-hand side there is a fair amount of space between where the map itself begins and the edge of the cardboard which leaves a larger border between the edge and the map.
That isn't a real problem if you plan to break-up the puzzle and put the pieces back in the box when you complete it, but if you plan on framing it it is a real nuisance - if you do the framing incorrectly the puzzle will be framed centered, but it will look as though it is off-center!
The frame will overhang the edges normally, and with the left-hand side (and top) almost without a border this means that it will overhang the artwork unless you get your framer to do something like put some backing on it, which will allow the frame to sit further out and not cover any art. However on the right-hand side (and bottom) because there is a large border the framer will have to compensate for this and allow the frame to overhang just on those two edges, so the map sits-flush along the edge of the frame! Doing this would mean that the cream-colored border you see in the picture won't be seen and the puzzle will look centered. However, this will cut off the end text in the large "Nova Totivs" section where the last part "Blaeux" will become "Blaeu" with the "x" mostly cut-off. Basically you have to choose between having the puzzle look off center, or cutting off some of the text, and you may have to pay more to make sure the framing is done correctly, but it can be dealt with if you prepare to compromise (I would suggest covering up the "x" instead of having the puzzle look off-center in the frame).
Other than this I have had no problems with the puzzle, but it is a very real problem if you do plan to get this framed, which you really should since it is such a great-looking puzzle, and as such I cannot give it a 5/5.
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Not your "done in a day" puzzle! Nov 02, 2009
The puzzle was too large for my table and had to be assembled a section at a time! It was great to have more of a challenge than the standard 1000 piece jigsaw, but I was more impressed with the quality of the pieces. The color pigments are subtle, not dull, adding to the overall complexity. My boyfriend and I are going to frame this very large work of art for our study!
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puzzle lover Jan 31, 2009
We did this puzzle in about 6 months. The whole family took turns participating. It was extremely difficult but alot of quality family time was spent together. My 5 year old who found many peices cried when we finished it. I glued it to a huge peice of cardboard, my husband made a frame for it and it will be hung in my kitchen to enjoy.
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