The World on Mercator’s Projection – Original chromolithograph published by Bacon’s Geographical establishment, 1903

George Washington Bacon (1830–1922) was an American mapmaker and publisher who developed a successful business producing maps of London.

In 1870, Bacon started his business, G.W. Bacon & Co., on 127 Strand, London. He based his atlases on the plates used by Edward Weller for his Weekly Dispatch Atlas. In 1893, he bought the map business of James Wyld.

Around 1900, G.W. Bacon was purchased by the Scottish publishing house of W.& A.K. Johnston but maps using the Bacon brand were still being produced as late as 1956.