U.S. Sloop Dale at San Jose, Extreme Point of Lower California Western Hemisphere Extensive depth soundings

Extensive depth soundings

This is a colorful map from Johnson's Atlas showing great detail of Russia

" which can be found at johnsonmapproject online

An inset in the upper right showing the southern part of Manhattan shows the Hudson and East River

and other dangers

U.S. Sloop Dale at San Jose, Extreme Point of Lower California Western Hemisphere Extensive depth soundingsThis is a beautiful sketch done by a naval gunner during the war for California with Mexico. These are reproductions produced in a limited quantity for the 1939 printing of the book; "Naval Sketches of The War in California". This particular sketch shows the Sloop of War Dale at San Jose (Cabo Del San Jose, Baja Mexico) on 18 November 1846.