Robert Wilkinson (cartographer)

Robert Wilkinson (c. 1768 – 1825)[1] was an English cartographer of maps and atlases, engraver, and book publisher.

Following Bowles' death in 1779, Wilkinson acquired the Bowles map plate library, after which he updated the plates until 1794, when he released The General Atlas of the World.

[1] Wilkinson's other works include Bowen and Kitchin's Large English Atlas (1785), Speer's West Indies (1796), Atlas Classica (1797), and independently issued maps of New Holland (1820) and North America (1823).

[1] He also published, initially together with William Herbert, groups of plates depicting historic scenes and buildings in London and the area surrounding it, under the title Scarce Topographical Prints No.

[4] After his death, Wilkinson's business and map plates were acquired by William Darton Jr, who reissued the General Atlas.