National Publishing Company, The United States of America: Including all its Newly Acquired Territory (1902)

This map was created in 1901/1902 by the National Publishing Company in Boston, Massachusetts to visualize the United States and its newly acquired territories around the world. It further contextualizes the United States globally and not just regionally by also listing the area and population of states, territories, and protectorates; distance tables between important U.S. cities; and distance tables between important points in the world.  At the conclusion of the Spanish-American War in 1898, the Treaty of Paris granted Cuba its independence, required Spain to cede Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, as well as sell the Philippines to the United States for $20 million. That same year, the United States annexed Hawaii, further expanding its reach in the Pacific. This map includes these territories, along with Alaska and Samoa, reflecting the nation’s growing influence and the rise of American imperialism.