maps

Maps, photographs, illustrations, and text present information about the regions and states of the United States.

Presents basic information about the United States and discusses the land and water, the date of statehood, the people and places, and fun facts about each state. Provides a map of the state and color photographs of its main features and attractions. Includes information about the fourteen U.S. territories, the two-letter postal codes, a glossary, and an index.

From Ireland to Italy, Portugal to Poland, Germany to Greece, and everywhere in between, explore your ancestors' European homelands through more than 200 gorgeous reproductions of 18th-century maps, 19th-century and early 20th-century maps. These full-color period maps--covering the peak years of European immigration to America--will help you understand changing boundaries in ancestral countries, and inform your search for genealogical records.

Provides assorted facts and illustrated maps of each of the fifty states and Washington, D.C., and lists each of the presidents of the United States.

Traces the history of the British Empire from its origins in the British Isles through Victorian times to its eventual collapse in the mid-twentieth century, exploring the impact of British dominance on America, India, and Africa, and the changes that occurred after Britain's settlement of Australasia.

Presents an illustrated history of American naval warfare beginning with the Revolutionary War and concluding with a look at the Navy going into the twenty-first century, with maps that pinpoint the locations of U.S. ships, and discussion of the rising and falling forturnes of the Navy over the years.

Presents a collection of illustrated photographs and maps depicting the history of Islam from the birth of the prophet Muhammad to the formation of the post-Soviet Muslim states in Central Asia and contains short essays covering topics such as the philosophy, art, and architecture of the Muslim world.

Provides information about the United States for kids, and includes seventy maps, more than 150 full-color photographs, and fun facts.

Maps of each of the United States and territories with regional information, population, state facts, and brief histories.