There is proof the plan existed in Bacon's Time, it's evident in the unfinished book "New Atlantis, also in the RC order's publication which some attribute to Bacon and or Bacon's proxies run by the spymaster Walshingham.
New Atlantic:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2434/2434-h/2434-h.htm
RC publication:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fama_Fraternitatis