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Lot 5453:
India and Ceylon by GW Bacon 1894
Lithographed map of India and Ceylon with inset maps of Bombay, Calcutta and Madras suburbs by GW Bacon, London 1894 from The World Atlas Folio.
George Washington Bacon was born in USA in 1830 and after moving to London, he acquired Edward Weller’s English county steel plates as a means to establish his map publishing business. Bacon published the New Large-Scale Ordnance Atlas of the British Isles in 1882. 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.
Size: 19in x 12.5in (49cm x 32cm)
Condition: The print is in excellent condition but please inspect the image carefully as it is very accurate.
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