Wyld’s Map of Spain & Portugal Date of Publication_1842 This map of Île-de-France

This map of Île-de-France

Ashley Cooper

The map reappeared in varying forms thereafter: the plates were later used for Bacon's Library Map of London and Suburbs and as a base-map for other GW Bacon publications well into the 1870s

the term ‘environs’ was substituted for ‘country round’ in 1779

Wyld’s Map of Spain & Portugal Date of Publication_1842 This map of Île-de-FranceSpain and Portugal. Reduced from the large map in four sheets James Wyld senior established a highly successful firm of map publishers, which passed to his son when he died relatively young in 1836, apparently from 'overwork'. He introduced the new process of lithography to map printing, was a founder member of the Royal Geographical Society and was appointed Geographer to both George IV and William IV. James Wyld junior inherited a thriving business.