This map by Edward Weller is from The New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas The British Isles, edited and published by G.W. Bacon, London, 1884. |
The map is hand coloured, printed on one side only and measures 51 cm x 34 cm or . This is an original antique, 136 years old.
George Washington Bacon (1830–1922) was an American mapmaker and publisher who developed a successful business producing maps of London. In 1870, Bacon started his business, G.W. Bacon & Co., on 127 Strand, London. He based his atlases on the plates used by Edward Weller for his Weekly Dispatch Atlas. In 1893, he bought the map business of James Wyld.
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