Sketch from Harper's copied from Coast Survey chart of the West Coast.

Chart of the United States West Coast from San Francisco to San Diego.

Section of West Coast chart centered on Monterey Bay.

Portland Harbor, Maine. Topographic survey Assistant Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, 1854-1858. Literally thousands of individual houses were delineated on this survey. Assistant Longfellow was the brother of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Topographic Survey T-735

South shore of Cape Ann by Henry L. Whiting. Topographic survey by Henry L. Whiting, 1850. Topographic Survey T-304

Map of Salem Harbor including the city and islands. Topographic survey by Assistant Henry L. Whiting, 1849-1850. Topographic survey T-303

Plan of the city of Boston, Massachusetts. Surveyed by Assistant Henry L. Whiting, 1846-1847. Topographic Survey T-229

Provincetown Harbor, Cape Cod. Original survey 1848, resurvey of high-water line in 1857. Topographic Survey T-616

Nantucket Harbor, Massachusetts. Surveyed by Henry L. Whiting, 1846; updated by Frederick W. Dorr, 1865. Topographic Survey T-205

Manhattan Island. Topographic survey by Assistant Ferdinand H. Gerdes. Original surveys in 1852-1853, updated through 1863. Topographic Survey T-475

Topographic survey of Charleston, South Carolina, and vicinity. Survey by Aid W. S. Edwards, 1857-1858.

Topographic survey of Pass A'Loutre, Mississippi River entrance. Survey by Assistant Ferdinand H. Gerdes, 1859-1860. Topographic Survey T-794

Galveston, Texas. Survey by Sub-Assistant J. Morris Wampler, 1850. Topographic Survey T-282

San Diego, California. Survey by Sub-Assistant A.M. Harrison, 1851. Topographic Survey T-333

San Francisco, California. Survey by Sub-Assistant Augustus F. Rodgers, 1853. Topographic Survey T-398. Rodgers was the brother of naval officer John Rodgers

San Francisco, California. Survey by Sub-Assistant Augustus F. Rodgers, 1852. Topographic Survey T-352. Rodgers was the brother of naval officer John Rodgers

Point Reyes, California. Survey by Aid James S. Lawson, 1852-1853. Topographic Survey T-403

Cape Flattery and Neah Bay, Oregon Territory. Survey by Aid James S. Lawson, 1852. Topographic Survey T-386

Point Conception, California. Survey by Sub-assistant A.M. Harrison, 1850. Topographic Survey T-313. This was the first topographic survey on the West Coast

Point Conception, California. Surveyed by Assistant Cleveland Rockwell in 1869. Topographic Survey T-1122b

Point Conception, California. Surveyed by Assistant Cleveland Rockwell in 1869. Topographic Survey T-1122a

Area between Point Arguello and Point Conception, California. Surveyed by Assistant A. W. Chase, 1877. Topographic Survey T-1520a

Point Arguello, California. Surveyed by Assistant A. W. Chase, 1877. Topographic Survey T-1520b

Santa Barbara Lighthouse site survey. Surveyed by Sub-Assistant A. M. Harrison, 1854. Topographic Survey T-470

Vicinity of Santa Barbara, California. Surveyed by Sub-Assistant A. M. Harrison, 1852. Topographic Survey T-373

Vicinity of Santa Barbara, California. Surveyed by Assistant William E. Greenwell, 1870. Topographic Survey T-1229

Vicinity of Santa Barbara, California. Surveyed by Assistant William E. Greenwell, 1870. Topographic Survey T-1229b

Vicinity of Santa Barbara, California. Surveyed by Assistant William E. Greenwell, 1878. Topographic Survey T-1229c

From Hueneme to Point Mugu, California. Surveyed by Assistant William M. Johnson, 1857. Topographic Survey T-893

Pelican Point (Goleta Point) to Dos Los Pueblos, California. Surveyed by Assistant William E. Greenwell, 1871. Topographic Survey T-1267

Arroyo Hondo (Bear Valley) to Lompoc Landing, California. Surveyed by Assistant William E. Greenwell, 1879. Topographic Survey T-1555a

From Lompoc Landing to Shuman's Canyon, California. Surveyed by Assistant William E. Greenwell, 1879. Topographic Survey T-1555a

Anacapa Island and east end of Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant William M. Johnson, 1855. Topographic Survey T-555

The north side of Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant William M. Johnson, 1859. Topographic Survey T-876

Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant William M. Johnson, 1860. Topographic Survey T-1003

West end of Santa Cruz Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant Stehman Forney, 1874-1875. Topographic Survey T-1436

Eastern end of Santa Cruz Island. Surveyed by Assistant Stehman Forney, 1875. Topographic Survey T-1437

Santa Barbara Island, California. Surveyed by Assistant A. W. Chase, 1871. Topographic Survey T-1180

San Miguel Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant Stehman Forney, 1871. Topographic Survey T-1242

West end of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant Stehman Forney, 1872-1873. Topographic Survey T-1325

East end of Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, California. Surveyed by Assistant Stehman Forney, 1872-1873. Topographic Survey T-1326

San Nicholas Island, California. Surveyed by Assistant Stehman Forney, 1879. Topographic Survey T-1523

Sandy Hook Bar, New York Harbor entrance. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. Thomas R. Gedney, 1835. Hydrographic Survey H-53. This survey helped publicize survey efforts by finding a new channel. This channel made it easier and cheaper to enter and leave New York Harbor

Sandy Hook Bar, New York Harbor entrance. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. Thomas R. Gedney, 1835. Hydrographic Survey H-53. This survey helped publicize survey efforts by finding a new channel. This channel made it easier and cheaper to enter and leave New York Harbor

Reconnaissance survey of the West Coast, Point Conception to San Francisco. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. James Alden, 1851. Hydrographic Survey H-290

Point Conception and Coxo Anchorage, California. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. James Alden, 1852. Hydrographic Survey H-295

Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz Island, California. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. James Alden, 1852. Hydrographic Survey H-303

Cuylers Harbor, San Miguel Island, California. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. James Alden, 1852. Hydrographic Survey H-309

Hydrographic survey off Santa Barbara, California. Surveyed under the direction of Lt. Cmdg. Thomas H. Stevens, 1854. Hydrographic Survey H-436

Hydrographic survey off Coxo anchorage, Point Conception, California. Surveyed under the direction of Assistant Edward Cordell, 1869. Hydrographic Survey H-1037