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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands.
Charting North America, maps and atlases in the New York Public Library Digital Collection; Online digitized versions of many 18th- and 19th-century American atlases, as well as the 1897 Rand McNally Indexed Atlas of the World and many other maps, can be found at DavidRumsey.com. Hipkiss' Scanned Old Maps from Atlases and any old books with ...
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Español: Mapa de los Estados Unidos continentales con una bandera estadounidense superpuesta. Русский: Флаг-карта США (только континентальные штаты). Date
The first documented use of the phrase "United States of America" is a letter from January 2, 1776. Stephen Moylan, a Continental Army aide to General George Washington, wrote to Joseph Reed, Washington's aide-de-camp, seeking to go "with full and ample powers from the United States of America to Spain" to seek assistance in the Revolutionary War effort.
Puerto Rico, an unincorporated U.S. territory, refers to itself as the "Commonwealth of Puerto Rico" in the English version of its constitution, and as "Estado Libre Asociado" (literally, Associated Free State) in the Spanish version. As with all U.S. territories, its residents do not have full representation in the United States Congress.
An orthographic projection of the United States. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the United States: . United States of America – federal republic located primarily in North America, and the world's third-largest country by both land and total area.