A Hand-Colored World Map, 1775

Mappa totius mundi, published by Tobias Conrad Lotter around 1775. Hand-colored hemispheres and decorative cartography from the Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division. This historical map reflects eighteenth-century knowledge and borders, not modern geography.

Drag pieces together anywhere on the board — matching neighbors snap and travel as one. Your progress saves automatically in this browser, so you can leave and pick the puzzle up later. Use the eye button for a ghost of the finished picture, or the grid button to work edges-first.