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1760 yildayoq bu mashhur va foydali o'yin-kulgi shakli deyarli bir vaqtning o'zida Frantsiya va Britaniyada paydo bo'lgan. Rasmni kartonga yopishtiring va uni kichik tartibsiz bo'laklarga bo'ling. Dastlab suratlar tarbiyaviy bo‘lib, yoshlar o‘qishi uchun mos bo‘lgan qisqa matnlar yoki yangi paydo bo‘lgan burjuaziyaga tarix yoki geografiyani o‘rgatish uchun mo‘ljallangan edi.

In 1762, during the reign of Louis XV in France, a salesman named Dima began to sell map puzzles with small success. This kind of map puzzle, which requires rearranging the pieces, is a very elegant recreation. That same year, in London, a printer named John Spearsbury came up with a similar idea, inventing the enduring puzzle. With the utmost ingenuity, he glued a map of England to the back of a thin dining table, then cut the map precisely into small pieces along the edges of the counties. The idea could lead to huge fortunes, but poor Spearsbury didn't get it, he lived to be 29 years old and didn't see the huge success of jigsaw puzzles. The real significance of his success was that he opened two important markets for his inventions: the burgeoning middle-class consumers hungry for knowledge and status, and the harsh British schools of his time.

Spearsbury xaritalarni o'qish qobiliyati janobning ramzi bo'lgan davrda yashagan. Butun Yevropani aks ettiruvchi ulkan voqea Grand Touring tadbiri bilan jigsa jinniligi eng yuqori cho'qqisiga chiqdi. Shu nuqtai nazardan, jumboqlar butun Yevropa - mamlakatlari, knyazliklari, okruglari, shaharlari, shaharchalari, daryolari va hokazolarning geografiyasini jiddiy o‘rganish uchun boshqotirma qismlaridan foydalanish hisoblanadi. O'sha paytda xaritalarni bilish hozirda o'z bosh sahifangizga ega bo'lishdek g'ururlanardi.

Of course, not everyone is adamant about puzzles. Contrarians and social critics alike mock the rich for being boring enough to do nothing but spread a pile of cardboard scraps on the table. More than a decade later, puzzle makers began to incorporate historical themes into their puzzles. In 1787, an Englishman named William Dutton made a jigsaw puzzle of portraits of the kings of England, from William the Conqueror to George III. Education and memory are also part of the entertainment, because to successfully arrange all the pieces, you must know the correct order of these kings. However, at that time, jigsaw puzzles were only a game of rich people, and they were not yet popular. Hand-painting, hand-coloring, hand-cutting make puzzles very expensive, equivalent to a month's salary for an average worker.

1789 saw the French Revolution usher in modern Europe, and saw the birth of the modern puzzle in the hands of John Wallis. This imaginative Briton invented brightly colored landscape puzzles. New puzzles require more focus and patience to put together. The new puzzle heralds the end of the era of exquisitely crafted, but expensive, Spearsbury puzzles. Wallis' reproduction techniques soon made his new puzzle a model for a developing trade based on his original printing plate.

19-asrning boshlariga kelib, ommaviy ishlab chiqarish uchun yangi sanoat texnikasi jumboqlarga aniq shakl berdi. Ilgari katta hajmli va katta boshqotirmalar eng kichik tebranish bilan ajralib turadigan silliq-qirrali qismlardan iborat edi. Taxminan 1840-yillarda nemis va frantsuz jumboq ishlab chiqaruvchilari zamonaviy boshqotirma ishqibozlari uchun tanish bo'lgan bir-biriga bog'langan snack mashinalari bilan jumboq qismlarini kesib tashladilar. Ular qattiq yog'och qoplamalarini yumshoq yog'ochlar, kontrplak va karton bilan almashtirdilar, bu esa xarajatlarni sezilarli darajada kamaytirdi. Nihoyat, arzon{3}}baholi jumboqlar jamiyatning barcha qatlamlari iste'molchilari tomonidan qabul qilindi va tez orada bolalar, kattalar va qariyalar o'rtasida boshqotirma g'azabini qo'zg'atdi.

Puzzles quickly became a well-established, mass-market entertainment product that consumers could buy anywhere. Puzzles are used at this time not only for education and entertainment, but also for commercials and political propaganda. The First World War (1914-1918) is a good example. Inexpensive jigsaw puzzles featuring brave warriors desperately fighting for king and country, were popular on both sides of the war and sold well. Jigsaw puzzles have become a way to get closer to people's inner world, into their homes, and to spread information. Puzzles and newspapers, radio, and soon the first generation of television became a simple and direct form of mass media. Should people be encouraged to travel by train? Many puzzles showing majestic trains and happy tourists appeared. Every new invention and trend—steamboats, planes, automobiles, and the latest and most daring women's swimsuits—has appeared on the puzzle.

1929 yilgi jahon iqtisodiy inqirozidan so'ng, Shimoliy Amerikani qamrab olgan Buyuk Depressiya jumboqlarning cheksiz mashhurligining eng yuqori davri bo'ldi. 300-parchalik boshqotirma uchun atigi 25 sent evaziga eng yaqin gazeta doʻkoniga boring va siz ogʻir hayotingizni unutib, baxtli kunni birlashtirish orzulariga berilishingiz mumkin. Boylar va mashhurlar ham bu jinnilikka berilyapti. Nyu-Yorkda ikki ish sotuvchisi,{4}}-Djon Genri va Frenk Uor Spearsbury boshqotirmalarining original dizaynlari bilan boylik orttirishdi. Ularning siri nimada? Zo'r shinalarning yuqori sifatli reproduktsiyasi. Tez orada Genri va Uor Astorlar, Vanderbilts, Bing Krosbi va Merilin Monro bilan aloqalar o'rnatdilar va biznes jadal rivojlandi.