Jigsaw Island

Russell Island, Queensland 1000 Piece Jigsaw

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How wrong we were — it took three of us nearly six hours each over three long lunches to complete the puzzle.

There are various challenges making it harder — the map is black and white, which means there are no colour clues, apart from the red banded pieces forming the edge of the puzzle. In addition, as a semi-autobiographical work of the creator, some of the place names are spelt in local vernacular or slang.

THE ISLAND: LONDON MAPPED piece jigsaw | Stephen Walter | Prestel |

So going by simple place names is harder than you might expect. Conversely, if you have a good knowledge of historical spots in London, some demographic statistics such as the area with lowest life expectancy or can recognise flags and know which London neighbourhoods the corresponding nationality has an established community in, then this can be invaluable.

Subtle changes in the density of the penciled buildings can also help.

Stephen was never afraid to voice his opinion on many areas, and even be downright derogatory about some of them — perhaps sometimes deserved. The jigsaw puzzle pieces themselves are also unconventionally shaped.

London Mapped Jigsaw Puzzle

The edges tend to follow the edges of physical features, such as parks and rivers, or the national flags and placename labels drawn on the map. This was a great way to get better at the geography of inner London approximately Zones are covered.

The suburbs have just as many jigsaw pieces as the better known central area. If it all gets a little bit tricky then there is a sheet included in the box which shows the completed map and the piece outlines.

London Mapped Jigsaw Puzzle

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When Knox administered the Feature Profile Test, the stakes were high, and the conditions far from ideal. Typically, the test-takers had just arrived after a long voyage aboard ship, often in horrific conditions, and they were in a foreign land.

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They might be sleep-deprived, depressed or ill. And they might never have taken a test before. If they did not complete the puzzle in five minutes, that failure—along with other factors the doctors weighed—could lead to a mother being ripped from her family and shipped back to the Old World.

As crude as the puzzle test may seem today, it reflected the belief that healthy immigrants should be admitted. Within a decade, though, anti-immigrant, eugenic and racist forces would persuade Congress to pass the Immigration Act of , which dramatically cut back immigration of Italians, Eastern European Jews and other groups considered undesirable.

The immigrants who were shut out of America—including many Jews who would, only a short time later, try to flee the Holocaust—would have gladly taken their chances with Dr. This article is a selection from the May issue of Smithsonian magazine. Subscribe or Give a Gift.

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