George Washington Bacon (1830 – 1922) was an American mapmaker, publisher, and lithographer based in London. During the 1860s Bacon had opened a string of different business in London, but none of them had proven truly successful, and in 1867 he went personally bankrupt. It took him some years to bounce back, but in 1870 Bacon founded his publishing business: G.W. Bacon & Co. on the Strand. From here he set about issuing a range of popular maps, drawing largely on the compilations of Edward Well.
By 1893, Bacon was able to acquire the mapmaking business of James Wyld, which cemented his firm’s standing. Not many years later, in 1900, Bacon’s firm was purchased by the Scottish publishing house W. & A.K. Johnston, but they continued to produce stand-alone maps under his iconic brand until 1956.
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- Eastern Mediterranean - Holy Land, Bird's-eye-views
Bacon’s Bird’s-Eye View of the Holy Land
- $2,600
- George Washington Bacon’s iconic bird’s-eye-view of the Holy Land.
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- Curiosities - Miscellanea, Europe
Angling in Troubled Waters. A Serio-Comic Map of Europe by Frederick W. Rose, Author of the “Octopus” Map of Europe.
- A never-folded example of Frederick W. Rose’s iconic 1899 caricature map of Europe on a collision course.
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