History of the Topographic Branch (Division): Usgs Circular 1341 - Paperbackby United U. S. Department of the Interior (Created by), Richard T. Evans (Author), Helen M. Frye (Author) From a very early period of the world's existence, man has endeavored to represent the earth's surface in a graphic form for the information of his fellow men, realizing that no oral or written description is capable of setting forth topographic facts so vividly and so clearly as a map. Mapping of the areas of the United States began with the