From Vox:

“The United States of America is many things. It is the world’s most powerful country, and one of the largest. It has a history of political revolution and social progress, as well as a legacy of slavery and genocide. In one sense, mapping the United States should be a simple matter of displaying borders and geography. But America is a complex nation with a long and fascinating history that could never be captured in a single frame. Here’s a glance at America’s past and present, in 70 maps.”

The maps in this collection are divided up into the following topics:

1. The original Americans
2. Europeans come to America
3. The conquest of North America
4. Slavery and the Civil War
5. Becoming the United States
6. American Diversity
7. The civil rights struggle
8. America as global power
9. America today