Bacon's New Chart of The World Mercator's Projection. By G.W. Bacon F.R.G.S.

Wall size format world map in Mercator projection, showing the British Empire, at its height. Around the map are inset details: with plans of towns including Hong Kong, Singapore, Sydney and New York, the Panama and Suez Canals, the British Isles, the two Poles and a Universal Time Chart.
Along the top are a selection of 46 national flags and ensigns, along the bottom are Gazetteers and a list of Principal British Steamship lines. The world population tables run to 1905.

Another ten inset maps are included along the bottom, with the two largest mapping the British Isles and the world on an elliptical projection.

This map was created and published by George Washington Bacon in 1907.

George Washington Bacon (1830 - 1922) was a cartographer and seller during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Born in New York, USA, Bacon was based in London for the duration of his map making career. Bacon's various business ventures were not always successful and he became bankrupt in 1867. Following this, in 1870, Bacon purchased the plates used by Edward Weller. Bacon expanded the plates, making them easier to read and improved them with a quality range of color washes and began producing Atlases. In 1893, he bought the map business of James Wyld, which included detailed plans of the Capital. In 1900 G.W.Bacon & Co was purchased by the Scottish firm W.A.&K.Johnston and maps bearing the Bacon brand continued to be produced until as late as 1956.