Development process of a world map (2000pcs.) - completed

 Due to a lost bet against the whole community of the german jigsaw puzzle forum I asked for the wager: a world map or a Gelini-pic.

The community chose the world map by Castorland, so here we go:

Pairs of similar pieces - fit below and (turned around 180°) on top

We are really close to completion....

 

The final piece:

 

 and we're done!