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John Thomson

These maps from Thomson's New General Atlas date to 1830. A rare survival, they could be framed as topographical artefacts or hung in groups to great effect within an interior.

John Thomson (1777-c.1840) was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, celebrated for his 'New General Atlas', originally published in 1817 by himself in Edinburgh, John Cumming in Dublin, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy in London. This collection of world maps is from the second edition, published in 1830.

The full title of the publication read as follows: 'A New General Atlas, consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibition the form and component parts of the Globe; and a collection of Maps and Charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the empires, kingdoms and states in the World'.