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An Historical Geography of the United States

(From Townsend Mac Coun, An Historical Geography of the United States, New York-Boston-Chicago, Silver, Burdett & Co., 1901)


King James' Patent of 1606

English Charters and Grants in 1660

The Original Public Domain in 1787

United States in 1820
Reorganization of the Plymouth Company in 1620

Grants to the Duke of York, 1663-1686

United States in 1790

United States in 1830
National Claims to the Atlantic Slope in 1640

English Colonies, 1763

United States in 1800

United States in 1840
National Claims to the Atlantic Slope in 1655 

Land Claims of the Thirteen Original States in 1783

United States in 1810