![Chart of the Bahama Islands [with] The Bermudas or Summer Islands [with] Island of Cuba By John Thomson](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/83752.jpg)
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Thomson's Maps of Bermuda, the Bahamas and Cuba.
Detailed set of maps of Bermuda, Cuba and the Bahamas, from the east coast of Florida to Cuba, published in Thomson's New General Atlas.
Each of the maps includes remarkable detail, including roads on Bermuda and Cuba.
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.
![[Florida Keys, Cuba, Bahamas, Cayman Islands] The Island of Cuba with part of the Bahama Banks & the Martyrs . . .](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/85166.jpg)
![[Havana / Cartagena] Neu und Verbesserter Plan der St. u. Hafens Havana aus der Ins. Cuba . . . 1739 [with] Neu under verbesserter lan des Hafnes non Cathaagena in America . . . 1740](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/89441.jpg)
![[Bahamas] Isles Lucayes](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/96723.jpg)
![A New & Accurate Map of the Island of Cuba [on sheet with:] A New & Accurate Map of the Islands of Hispaniola and Porto Rico . . .](https://storage.googleapis.com/raremaps/img/small/77174.jpg)
