Bacon, George Washington & Co

George Washington Bacon was born in New York State in 1830. After moving to London, he acquired Edward Weller's English county steel plates, which had been used for the Weekly Dispatch Atlas, as a means to establish his map publishing business. Bacon expanded and improved the plates before publishing them in 1882 as the New Large-Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles. Over the next 20 years he became known as a prolific publisher of late-Victorian atlases of the British Isles, of London, and of the World, in many editions. He acquired John Wyld’s map business in 1892. His company, G.W. Bacon and Co merged with that of W & A.K. Johnston in around 1900, but atlases and street guides to London continued to be published under the Bacon name until at least 1965. We stock various editions of his atlas maps from Bacon’s Popular Atlas of the World , English county maps and other maps of the UK from Bacon's Popular Atlas of the British Isles and his New Large Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles, detailed London street maps from Bacon's Large-scale Atlas of London and Suburbs and smaller plans from his Pocket Atlas of London (also titled Bacon's up-to-date Atlas & Guide to London).

More information

Bacon, George Washington & Co

ISLE OF MAN antique map by GW BACON antique map by GW BACON 1883 old

SCOTTISH ISLANDS Orkney & Shetland Islands antique map by GW BACON 1883

ENGLAND antique index map by GW BACON 1885 old vintage plan chart

IRELAND antique index map by GW BACON 1885 old vintage plan chart

SCOTLAND antique index map by GW BACON 1885 old vintage plan chart

BEDFORDSHIRE antique county map by GW BACON 1885 old plan chart

BERKSHIRE antique county map by GW BACON 1885 old plan chart

CUMBRIA & WESTMORLAND (North sheet) antique county map by GW BACON 1885

LAKE DISTRICT Cumbria & Westmorland (South sheet) County map GW BACON 1885

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE. Showing Parliamentary divisions,boroughs & parks.BACON 1913 map

ESSEX. Showing Parliamentary divisions, boroughs & parks. BACON 1913 old map

HERTFORDSHIRE. Showing Parliamentary divisions, boroughs & parks. BACON 1913 map

KENT. Showing Parliamentary divisions, boroughs & parks. BACON 1913 old map

MIDDLESEX showing Parliamentary divisions,boroughs & parks.London.BACON 1913 map

SURREY. Showing Parliamentary divisions, boroughs & parks. BACON 1913 old map

THE PORT OF LONDON showing wharves & docks. Thames. Vintage map. BACON 1913

LONDON POSTAL DISTRICTS. Post code areas. N NW W SW SE E. BACON 1913 old map

LONDON POLICE DIVISIONS & RAILWAYS showing Police stations. BACON 1913 old map

LONDON WATER SUPPLY. Metropolitan Water Board. Reservoirs Pumping Stns 1913 map

LONDON ELECTRICITY SUPPLY areas. Corporation. Metropolitan. BACON 1913 old map

LONDON GAS SUPPLY areas + UNDERGROUND/Tube & electrified railways.BACON 1913 map

SITE INFORMATION

SERVICE & SUPPORT

DELIVERY & RETURNS

CONTACT