MAP SIZE WHEN UNFOLDED: Approx. 49cm x 34cm approx.
TYPE: Antique map Litho Map.
CONDITION: Good condition, still suitable for framing, approx. 128 years old, there are minor Signs of age marks yellowing and potential marks / spots / stains / foxing. Pre folded and creased, Please review the outer edges, as this is where most of signs of age is likely to appear. Potentially some small tape repairs to some maps. You will receive the item pictured, so the pictures are integral to the condition report and listing. Please check the pictures for any blemishes prior to making your purchase. Virtually all antiquarian maps and prints are subject to some normal aging due to use and time. Central / fold / crease, all maps are shipped rolled in a postal tube for safe secure shipping. Map itself may not be dated. This is a folio map from the 1894 Folio Edition. We have other edition maps from other years listed.
AUTHENTICITY: This is an authentic historic map, published at the date stated above. It is not a modern copy.
VERSO: There is nothing printed on the reverse side, which is plain
ARTIST/CARTOGRAPHER/ENGRAVER: GW Bacon, World Atlas Folio 1894
PROVENANCE: George Washington Bacon & Co, London, 1894
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/