(From Townsend Mac Coun, An Historical Geography of the United States, New York-Boston-Chicago, Silver, Burdett & Co., 1901)
This page presents maps illustrating the territorial growth, settlement patterns, and regional organization of the United States. Intended for instructional use, the atlas reflects early 20th‑century approaches to teaching American historical geography.
(From M. L. W. Laistner, A Survey of Ancient History to the Death of Constantine, Boston, D.C. Heath & Co., 1929)
(From A. W. Ward et al., The Cambridge Modern History Atlas, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1924)
(From James Westfall Thompson, Ancient History of the Middle Ages: 300-1500, New York, W.W. Norton, 1937)
(From Albert Bushnell Hart & alii, eds., American History Atlas, Third Edition, Chicago, Denoyer-Geppert Co., 1930)
(From Townsend Mac Coun, An Historical Geography of the United States, New York-Boston-Chicago, Silver, Burdett & Co., 1901)
(From Dixon Ryan Fox, Harper’s Atlas of American History, New York, Harper and Brothers Publishers, 1920)
(From Lawrence J. Burpee, ed., An Historical Atlas of Canada, Toronto, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1927)
(From J. G. Bartholomew, Atlas for Canadian Schools: A New Series of Physical and Political Maps, London, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1913)
(From Clifford Sifton, Concise School Atlas of the Dominion of Canada, Ottawa, Minister of Interior, 1900)
(From Emil Reich, A New Student Atlas of English History, London, Macmillan and co., 1903)
(From T. W. Higginson, E. Channing, English History for Americans, New York, Longmans, Green & Co., 1902)
(From Léon Mirot, Manuel de géographie historique de la France, Paris, Éditions A et J. Picard, 1947)
(From James Murdoch and Ysoh Yamagata, A History of Japan during the Century of Early Foreign Intercourse 1542-1651, Kobe, The Chronicle, 1903)
Sources, Methodology & Educational Use: The maps in this section are selected from public archives, historical textbook collections, and digitized school atlases published between the 1880s and the mid‑20th century. Each map is reviewed according to established practices in historical cartography and educational history, including verification of publication date, edition, and original pedagogical context. Selection criteria prioritize maps that show how students were taught about historical events, territorial changes, and world regions. The collection is curated to support educational use and to provide reliable examples of school cartography from this period.