Several years of searching was required to find this atlas, but acquiring it required buying the entire encyclopedia set. Galleon Antiques, Sidney, BC.

Atlases that only have maps printed on one side of the paper are uncommon. They are more expensive to make and often get pulled apart to sell the maps individually.

Before Oklahoma, New Mexico, Arizona, Alaska and Hawaii were given full statehood.

The west included the following provinces and territories: British Columbia, Alberta, Assinaboia, Saskatchewan, Athabaska, Manitoba and Keewatin.

A land of empires.