Optimago, Nouvelle Mappe-Monde

600 pieces.  Strip-cut, fairly loose in the connections but, as with any hand-cut puzzle not trying to fool you, it's usually pretty easy to tell whether pieces are a fit or not.  For some reason, perhaps because of the relatively high number of sides that were curved (without interlocking heads), the puzzle made me think about how hard it must be to hand-cut all those interlocks. 2.5/5

Starting out--yes, this time I did some of the edges first

Finished