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The business was thus carried on in company with John Arrowsmith ( 1790 - 1873 ), nephew of the elder Aaron. In 1821 , they published a more complete North American map from a combination of a maps obtained from the Hudson Bay Company and Aaron's previous one. In 1834 John published his ''London Atlas'', the best set of maps then in existence. He followed up the atlas with a long series of elaborate and carefully executed maps, those of Australia , America , Africa and India being especially valuable. In 1863 he received the gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society , of which body he was one of the founders. His maps were very numerous, and the neatness and finished style of their execution gained for them a very extensive reputation, which, however, on closer examination, they have not permanently sustained. Arrowsmith was a most industrious collector of materials, but he was not equally judicious in using them ; and though, in various respects, useful and meritorious, his maps contain many great and important errors. Arrowsmith's name has been given to Mount Arrowsmith which is situated east of Port Alberni . MAPS PUBLISHED
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