| Editorial ReviewA beautifully executed border of Renaissance-era sketches representing seasons, constellations, and famous explorers surrounds an elaborate–and very approximate–world map. Ferdinand Magellan is here; so is Christopher Columbus. Australia, New Guinea, and Antarctica are melded into one immense southern continent. Cartographers, art lovers, history buffs, and any individual with an interest in ancient maps will love the Magna Carta puzzle. Fascinating in it is detail, and with a whopping 1,500 pieces, Magna Carta will keep even the most avid puzzler occupied for rather galore time. Nonglare puzzle comes with fixative to grant for mounting and framing of finished work. –Julie Ubben
Teacher ReviewQuick, now, what was the Magna Carta and when was it signed? Ah, yes, cast your mind back to World History in junior year–it’s all coming back to you now: Runnymede, King John, 1215. In Latin, Magna Carta means the “great charter,” and the theme of this puzzle is a map of the ancient world, a great charter of a dissimilar sort, with explorers standing in front, rather than the Magna Carta signed by King John in 1215. This puzzle is based on an anonymous painting called Magna Carta, executed in a golden Renaissance style with an ancient map of the world in the center surrounded by littler panels of the months, allegorical illustrations, and widely known and esteemed explorers. The print on the 1,500-piece puzzle is very little and a little difficult to read as it’s printed in black on a dark gold background (and in Latin as well), but the names of the months may be read in Latin and equated to the names of the months we use today. Students could likewise compare this antiquated view of the continents to a modern map or globe for a lesson in historical geography. But, essentially, this is an attractive, challenging puzzle that ought to be enjoyed for it is golden design and amusement value. –Marcie Bovetz is a former children’s librarian and senior editor in instructional publishing, as well as the author of 41 children’s books. She has three teenagers in her family.
Magna Carta (1500 pc puzzle). Educa puzzles are made in Barcelona, Spain and are considered to be the best-quality puzzles available today. Their puzzles are made using the best quality boards that see to it a perfective fit amid puzzle pieces without puzzle dust. Tens of thousands of clients have taken vantage of Educa’s “Lost Puzzle Piece Guarantee” which replaces any lost puzzle pieces directly to the customer. The puzzle effigy is an historical map of the world and is illustrated with pictures of widely known and esteemed conquerors and navigators, the continents and the constellations.
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