Title from half-title

The frontispieces (portraits) of v. 2-8 are not found in earlier editions

Most of the articles are followed by a critical essay on the sources of information, and notes in addition to the foot-notes

[v. 1] Aboriginal America.--[v. 2] Spanish exploration and settlements in America from the fifteenth to the seventeenth century.--[v. 3] English exploration and settlement in North America, 1497-1689.--[v. 4] French exploration and settlements in North America, and those of the Portuguese, Dutch and Swedes, 1500-1700.--[v. 5] The English and French in North America, 1689-1763.--[v. 6-7] The United States of North America.--[v. 8] The later history of British, Spanish and Portuguese America. Appendix: Manuscript sources of the history of the United States. Printed authorities. Chronological conspectus of American history