English: 4 historical maps of the United States, the top half of Plate VII. in the article "United States" in the American version of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th ed.

ORIGINAL GRANTS, depicting the territory claimed by the Great Charter (1620, red NE diagonal) and by the English charters to Virginia (1609, blue SE diagonal), Massachusetts (1629, blue NE diagonal), Connecticut (1637, blue vertical), and Carolina (1663, red NE diagonal).

1776, depicting the territory claimed by the states of Massachusetts, Virginia, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia; by the Spanish colonies [yellow] of New Spain and the Province of Louisiana (ceded by France to Spain in 1762); and by the British colonies [red] of Quebec and West and East Florida (both ceded by Great Britain to Spain in 1783). Total area of the United States in 1776 depicted with a thick blue line, State and Territorial divisions at this date depicted with thin blue lines, & Boundaries of the states and territories in 1880 depicted with a black dot-and-dash line.

1790, depicting various changes following the end of the American Revolution with illegible blue text. Spanish and British colonies, Total area of the United States in 1776 [sic], State and Territorial divisions at this date, and Boundaries of the states and territories in 1880 depicted identically as before.

1810, depicting the dates of states' ratification of the United States Constitution and other various changes in illegible blue text. Spanish and British colonies, Total area of the United States in 1776 [sic], State and Territorial divisions at this date, and Boundaries of the states and territories in 1880 depicted identically as before.