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| The Original Grants (color map) | Facing | [4] |
| German and Scotch-Irish Settlements | | [8] |
| Distribution of Population in 1790 | | [27] |
| English, French, and Spanish Possessions in America, 1750 (color map) | Facing | [59] |
| The Colonies at the Time of the Declaration of Independence (color map) | Facing | [108] |
| North America according to the Treaty of 1783 (color map) | Facing | [134] |
| The United States in 1805 (color map) | Facing | [193] |
| Roads and Trails into Western Territory (color map) | Facing | [224] |
| The Cumberland Road | | [233] |
| Distribution of Population in 1830 | | [235] |
| Texas and the Territory in Dispute | | [282] |
| The Oregon Country and the Disputed Boundary | | [285] |
| The Overland Trails | | [287] |
| Distribution of Slaves in Southern States | | [323] |
| The Missouri Compromise | | [326] |
| Slave and Free Soil on the Eve of the Civil War | | [335] |
| The United States in 1861 (color map) | Facing | [345] |
| Railroads of the United States in 1918 | | [405] |
| The United States in 1870 (color map) | Facing | [427] |
| The United States in 1912 (color map) | Facing | [443] |
| American Dominions in the Pacific (color map) | Facing | [500] |
| The Caribbean Region (color map) | Facing | [592] |
| Battle Lines of the Various Years of the World War | | [613] |
| Europe in 1919 (color map) | Between | [618]-[619] |