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Interesting map of the US, which is one of the last maps to mark the state of "Franklinia", in eastern Tennessee, which had existed for a few short years in the 1780s. In the lower right corner is a vignette view of Niagara Falls. Also shows Georgia extending to the Mississippi River, Western Territory, an odd early Ohio Territorial Configuration and numerous early western forts and Indian Tribes. The Map Collector, 72, Baynton-Williams, p.12, map 17.
John Thomson (1777-ca. 1840) was a commercial map publisher active in Edinburgh. He specialized in guide books and atlases and is primarily known for his Atlas of Scotland (1832) and the New General Atlas, first published in 1817 and reissued for the next quarter century. The New General Atlas was a commercial success—it was also published in Dublin and London—and it compiled existing geographic knowledge in compelling ways for a wide audience.
His Atlas of Scotland introduced new geographic information and was the first large-scale atlas of Scotland to be organized by county. It provided the most-accurate view of Scotland available before the Clearances. Work on the atlas began in 1820 and led to Thomson’s bankruptcy in 1830 due to the high costs of gathering the latest surveys and reviewing the required materials. Despite the publication of the atlas, Thomson declared bankruptcy again in 1835.
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