The Mapland Scotland puzzle has 167 jigsaw pieces, each measuring about 100x70cm, making up a total of 120sqm at a scale of 2cm:1km.

The puzzle is intended as an educational resource for schools and colleges throughout Scotland.

The Nottingham-based company produced the map on behalf of Map and Marine in Argyll, which required a printer to electronically stitch the digital map data together.

Lee Whiteman, sales director at John E Wright, said the task was enormous.

"Dealing with massive files and guaranteeing the accuracy of print and cut to ensure that the job produced a working product that would not only be visually stunning but durable and portable was paramount," Whiteman said.

"Knowing that Mapland Scotland would be shown around schools and colleges, we had to make sure that the pieces would be durable enough to withstand the daily knocks and usage that school kids would put the map under."

Jigsaws were invented in 1767 by London engraver and mapmaker John Sillsbury. The first jigsaw was a map of the world and the puzzles remained an educational device until about 1820.