Thomas Kitchin

Thomas Kitchin (also Kitchen;[1] 1718–1784)[2] was an English engraver and cartographer, who became hydrographer to the king.

Originally based in Clerkenwell, by late 1755 Kitchin was established on Holborn Hill.

[1] He produced John Elphinstone's map of Scotland (1746), Geographia Scotiae (1749), and The Small English Atlas (1749) with Thomas Jefferys.

[1] His book, The Present State of the West-Indies: Containing an Accurate Description of What Parts Are Possessed by the Several Powers in Europe was published in 1778 bt R. Baldwin in London.

[2] In 1783, he wrote, The Traveller's Guide Through England and Wales, which listed most towns and cities with mileages back to London.