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ACCORDING TO LINDA HANNAS IN THE ENGLISH JIGSAW PUZZLE, ROBERT SAYER WAS THE LEADING LONDON 18TH CENTURY MAP AND PRINT SELLER WORKING BETWEEN 1745 AND 1794. HE ADVERTISED THAT ANY OF HIS MAPS COULD "BE HAD DISSECTED , ON BOARDS, FOR THE USE OF SUCH AS ARE LEARNERS OF GEOGRAPHY;"