Robert Baldwin and Cradock (sold)
Baldwin and Cradock (fl. c. 1810 - 1860) were London based publishers working in the early to mid 19th century. They are best known for their publication of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge's ground breaking subscription atlas. They also published John Thomson's magnificent New General Atlas from 1814 - c. 1820. In addition to their cartographic corpus, the firm had wide ranging publishing interests in many other areas, including books, broadsides, and an investment in Blackwoods Magazine. They had their offices at 47 Paternoster Row, London, England. This firm also published under the imprint Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy and Cradock and Joy.
Africa
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This hand colored map is a steel plate engraving, dating to 1813 by the important English mapmaker John Thomson. It is an early and historically important representation of the continent of Africa. Much of the continent is simply labeled 'unknown parts,' but some ... (more details)
Beautifully engraved early 19th century English map of Africa.
Africa.
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This is John Thomson's fascinating 1814 map of Africa in its first edition. This remarkable map is as engrossing as much for what it doesn't show as for what it does. The great blank interior, here labeled, 'unknown parts' reveals just how little of the 'Dark ... (more details)
Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Red Sea etc.
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This is an exceptionally fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Centered on the Arabian Peninsula, Thomson's map covers from the eastern Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa, and from the Libyan Desert to Persia. The whole is ... (more details)
One of the finest maps of Arabia to appear in the 19th century.
Arabia, Egypt, Abyssinia, Red Sea & c.
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This is an exceptionally fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of Arabia, Egypt, and Abyssinia. Centered on the Arabian Peninsula, Thomson's map covers from the eastern Mediterranean to the Horn of Africa, and from the Libyan Desert to Persia. The whole of ... (more details)
Early mapping of Australia with incomplete northern shoreline.
Asia.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map depicts Asia and Australia. The whole is beautifully engraved in the minimalist English style pioneered in the early part of the 19th century. Thomson maps are known for their stunning color, awe inspiring size, and ... (more details)
Atlantic Islands.
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This lovely hand colored 1814 map depicts the Atlantic islands of Cape Verde, the Canary Islands, Madeira, and the Azores, with insets the ports of Fayal and Lancarota (Lanzarote). Though visited mostly for touristic purposes today, in the 19th century ... (more details)
New Holland and Asiatic Isles.
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This a wonderful example of John Thompson's 1814 Map of Australia, New Zealand, New Guinea and parts of Polynesia. Extends from Western Australia and the Celebes eastward as far as New Caledonia and the Fiji Islands. Extends southward as far as New ... (more details)
Bavaria, Germany
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This hand colored map is a steel plate engraving, dating to 1814 by the important English mapmaker John Thomson. It depicts the Bavaria and Southern Germany in stupendous detail. Thomson maps are known for their stunning color, awe inspiring size, ... (more details)
Europe.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map depicts Europe one year before Napoleon's final defeat at Battle of Waterloo in 1815. This map illustrates French dominion over Belgium and parts of Northern Italy, a unified Germanic League, and a divided ... (more details)
Attica. Turkish Dominions in Europe.
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This is hand colored 1814 map of Greece and Attica. Beautifully engraved in the minimalist English style pioneered in the early part of the 19th century, this chart is essentially two maps in one, the right hand map details Greece and the ... (more details)
Turkish Dominins in Europe
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This hand colored map is a steel plate engraving, dating to 1814 by the important English mapmaker John Thomson. It represents the Turkish Dominins in Europe. These areas include, Greece and the Balkans: Moldova, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, ... (more details)
British India, Southern Part.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts southern India. Covers from Bombay in the North to the northern part of Ceylon or Sir Lanka. Map is color coded according to the figures that ... (more details)
Hindoostan.
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A magnificent map and the rarest of the Thomson India series. This is the 1814 map of India with inset maps of the Ganges River by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson. Depicts the whole of India from Lahore to the idle of Ceylon ... (more details)
One of the rare maps of India to feature maps of the Ganges River.
Hindoostan.
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This is the 1817 John Thomson map of India with inset maps of the Ganges River. This magnificent map is the rarest of the Thomson India series, appearing only in the first edition of his atlas. This is one of the finest atlas maps of this region to appear in the early 19th century. (more details)
Italy on the cusp of its national solidarity movement.
Italy.
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This is an exceptionally fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of Italy. Thomson's map of Italy covers peninsular Italy from the Alps to Calabria as well as the adjacent islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica. Parts of ... (more details)
The beginning of the Risorgimento.
Italy.
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This is John Thomson's 1814 map of Italy. The map was issued in the wake of Napoleon's defeat and the dissolution of his influence in Italy - which at the same time marked the beginning of the Risorgimento. (more details)
West India Islands. / Martinico. / Dominica. / Cul de Sac Royal.
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A fine example of John Thomson's stunning c. 1814 map of the West India islands of Dominica and Martinique. Divided into two sections, this map offers spectacular detail of these two picturesque islands. Both sections offer ... (more details)
An essential map for Transmississippi and American Southwest collectors.
Spanish North America.
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This beautiful 1814 map, along with Pinkerton's similar map, is most likely the most important large format English atlas map of the American Southwest to be produced in the 19th century. The map depicts Mexico from the ... (more details)
An essential map for Transmississippi and American Southwest collectors.
Spanish North America.
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This beautiful 1814 map, along with Pinkerton's similar map, is most likely the most important large format English atlas map of the American Southwest to be produced in the 19th century. The map depicts Mexico from the ... (more details)
On the cusp of great change.
Spanish North America.
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This beautiful 1814 map is most likely the most important large format English atlas map of the American Southwest to be produced in the first quarter of the 19th century. It captures the region on the cusp of great change. At the time of issue Mexico was embroiled in the Mexican War of Independence (1810 - 1821). After the war, the newly independent Mexican Republic, eager to develop its vast northern provinces of Texas and New Mexico, initiated the 'Empressario' system, which opened Texas foreign settlement. The 'Empressario' grants gave rise to a large and industrious Anglo population in Texas and set the stage for the 1836 Texan Revolution and the subsequent Mexican-American War (1846 - 1848). (more details)
An essential map for any Transmississippi collection.
North America.
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This beautiful map is John Thomson's important 1814 interpretation of North America. This map covers from the Arctic Sea south to the southern tip of Florida and the northern parts of Mexico. Cartographically ... (more details)
America.
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This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts North and South America, parts of the South Pacific, and the western parts of Europe and Africa. Shows the political borders ... (more details)
Identifies the supposed site of El Dorado on the apocryphal Lake Parima.
Caraccas and Guiana.
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This is John Thomson's stunning, highly detailed, and extremely interesting 1814 map of northeastern South America. Covers the modern day countries of Venezuela, British Guyana, French Guyana, Surinam and parts ... (more details)
British India, Northern Part.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts northern India and Nepal. Bounded on the east by Persia and the Indus valley, on the North by Tibet, on the south by Berar, ... (more details)
Porto Rico and Virgin Isles. Haiti, Hispaniola or St. Domingo.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the modern West Indies or Caribbean nations of Porto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic. Divided ... (more details)
Scandinavia or Sweden, Denmark & Norway
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map depicts Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Modern day Finland, though included, was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. In Norway, the Lofoten Maelstrom, inspiration for ... (more details)
Beautifully detailed map of Scandinavia.
Scandinavia, or Sweden, Denmark and Norway.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map depicts Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. Modern day Finland, though included, was then part of the Kingdom of Sweden. Relief is shown by hachure with towns, cities, and ... (more details)
Shows the apocryphal island of St. John east of the Philippines.
East India Isles.
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This is an exceptionally fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of Southeast Asia and the East India Islands. Centered on Borneo, Thomson's map covers from China and Hainan south to Sumatra and Java, ... (more details)
Southern Part of Ireland.
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A scarce 1814 map of southern Ireland by John Thomson. Depicts the island from Galway south including Limerick, Munster, Cork, Leister, Kilkenny, and Wexford, among other regions. Bottom right ... (more details)
Naples and Sicily.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts southern Italy ( Naples and Sicily). Covers from Rome south to the island of Sicily. Extraordinarily ... (more details)
Tartary.
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This fascinating hand colored 1815 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts southern Tartary, Tibet (Thibet), Mongolia, and generally the whole of Central Asia. Area covered ... (more details)
Tartary.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map of central and East Asia, covering southern Tartary, Tibet (Tibet), Mongolia, and generally the whole of Central Asia. The area is named after ... (more details)
Tartary.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map of central and east Asia, covering southern Tartary, Tibet (Thibet), Mongolia, and generally the whole of Central Asia. The area is named ... (more details)
Early 19th century map depicting Asia under the Mongol Empire.
Tartary.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map of central and East Asia, covering southern Tartary, Tibet (Tibet), Mongolia, and generally the whole of Central Asia. The area is named ... (more details)
Spanish North America.
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Atlantic or Western Ocean.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the northern part of the Atlantic Ocean. Extends as for north as Iceland and as far ... (more details)
The British Channel.
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A fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of the British or English Channel. Depicts England from Cornwall eastward as far as Canterbury and the Strait of Dover. Extends ... (more details)
Thomson's best Great Lakes map.
Canada and Nova Scotia.
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This is John Thomson's 1814 map of Canada and the Great Lakes. Although intended to focus on Ontario and Quebec, this is also Thomson's best and largest scale map of all five Great Lakes. (more details)
The Netherlands.
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This beautifully hand colored 1814 Thomson map shows modern day Belgium, here called the Netherlands divided into thirteen departments. The labeled the Netherlands or ... (more details)
Northern Hemisphere.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic to the Equator. Includes all of North ... (more details)
Northern Hemisphere.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic to the Equator. Includes all of ... (more details)
Northern Hemisphere.
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic to the Equator. Includes all of ... (more details)
Russian Empire.
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This large 1814 atlas map depicts the Russian Empire in its entirety, both in Europe and in Asia as well as adjacent parts of Tartary, Chinese Tartary, Japan, ... (more details)
Russian Empire.
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A large 1814 atlas map of the Russian Empire issued for Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson's New General Atlas . Covers the entirety of the Russian Empire ... (more details)
Large map of the Russian Empire spanning Asia and Europe.
Russian Empire.
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This large 1814 atlas map depicts the Russian Empire in its entirety, both in Europe and in Asia as well as adjacent parts of Tartary, Chinese Tartary, ... (more details)
A map of the Russian Empire at the end of the Napoleonic Wars.
Russian Empire.
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This is an 1814 John Thomson map of the Russian Empire. The map depicts the region from the Baltic Sea, Prussia, and Sweden to the Aleutian Islands and from the Arctic Ocean to the Yellow River. Highly detailed, myriad cities, towns, and villages are labeled throughout, including St. Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk, Kiev, and Kharkov. Rivers and mountain ranges are also identified, as are islands and numerous locations along the coastlines. It is important to note that the long-disputed sea between Korea and Japan is identified as the 'Sea of Japan. (more details)
Waterway delineating the U.S. and Canadian border.
The Course of the River St. Laurence, from Lake Ontario to Manicouagan Point.
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A fine example of John Thomson's 1814 map of the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to Manicouagan Point, Quebec, Canada. Divided into two sections, the left covers the river from Manicouagan Point to Quebec City while the right section continues along the course of the river from Quebec City to Lake Ontario. The Richelieu River, which connects the St. Lawrence to Lake Champlain is also included in this section. Includes both Quebec City and Montreal. (more details)
United States of America.
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A particularly bright and beautiful example of John Thomson's important 1814 map of the United States. The map focuses on the United States from the ... (more details)
United States of America. The Course of the River St. Lawrence, from Lake Ontario to Manicouagan Point.
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A particularly bright and beautiful example of John Thomson's important 1814 map of the United States and the course of the St. Lawrence River. ... (more details)
Venetian States
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This fascinating hand colored 1814 map by Edinburgh cartographer John Thomson depicts the Venetian States of Italy. This includes the area ... (more details)