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How 'Mad' King George's heirs put the Empire together one piece at a time

Kew Palace slotted an important piece of its royal history back into place yesterday when it unveiled a cabinet of jigsaw maps used to teach King George III's children.

This jigsaw map of Scotland used to teach geography to King George III's children, on show at Kew Palace
This jigsaw map of Scotland is one of many used to teach geography to King George III's children

The mahogany cabinet houses a collection of dissected maps –- precursors of the jigsaw puzzle –- and was a main feature in the nursery at Kew, the King's main home, in the mid-1700s.

It was through assembling the carved wooden pieces that a young George IV and William IV first learned the geography of Europe, the Empire, Africa and the American colonies they believed they would one day head.
Read entire article at Telegraph