George Washington Bacon

Bacon's New Map of London, c. 1890.

George Washington Bacon (1830–1922)^[1] 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 J. Wyld.

Around 1900, G.W. Bacon was purchased by the Scottish publishing house of W.& A.K. Johnston and incorporated into their own. Maps using the Bacon brand were being produced as late as 1956.^[2]

Selected publications

• The New Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles.

References

1. A list and brief history of London Atlases. Bruce Hunt, maps.thehunthouse. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
2. Bacon's Large Print Map of London and Suburbs. by Bacon, George Washington. Sanders of Oxford. Retrieved 23 September 2014.