John Thomson (cartographer) explained

John Thomson (c. 1777 –)^[1] was a Scottish cartographer from Edinburgh, celebrated for his 1817 New General Atlas, published by himself in Edinburgh, John Cumming in Dublin, and Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy in London.

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Publications

• The Cabinet Atlas
• The Classical and Historical Atlas
• The New General Atlas, 1817
• The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and its Islands, 1829 ^[2]
• The Edinburgh School Classical Atlas, 1831 ^[3]
• Atlas of Scotland, 1832

External links

• Maps by John Thomson in Wikimedia Commons
• John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832

Map Gallery

Sample of maps found in Wikimedia Commons:

Notes and References

1. Web site: John Thomson's Atlas of Scotland, 1832. National Library of Scotland. 4 May 2015.
2. Web site: The Traveller's Guide through Scotland and its Islands. 1829. Google eBook. 4 May 2015.
3. Book: The Edinburgh school classical atlas. WorldCat. 316613187. 4 May 2015.