end leafs?

Question

One of the questions to my history textbook reads:
Examine the maps on the end leafs and pg.10....

What does it mean by "end leafs"?

Answer 1

It's the inside of the front cover plus the front of the first page, and the inside of the back cover plus the back of the last page.
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Answer 2

The pages of any book are often called "leaves" (like the leaves of a tree). You can "leaf" through a book (flip through the pages) Soo-- the "end leafs" of a book are just that-- the last pages of a book which can be the inside surfaces of the covers and the very adjacent pages. Many adventure books use those "pages" on which to display a map of the area associated with the story.