The Atlas of the American Revolution is a collection of fifty maps portraying the military and naval activities in North America at the time of the American War of Independence. The modern reader is give a unique opportunity to see how the war unfolded from the perspective of the British people at home; one should remember that rapid visual communication did not exist at the time of American Revolution; once a battle took place, mapmakers in Britain created detailed maps of the various engagements in the Thirteen Colonies. The book includes a succinct historical narrative of the military and non-military events of the American Revolution.