Geoff Carver wrote:
My favourite surveyor was a guy by the name of henry david thoreau...



I find John Eddy the most fascinating of all:

http://users.erols.com/jpley/1818map.html

I never knew much about Andrew Ellicott (I have all the books about brother
Joseph and the Holland Land Company) but it seems I have found another
interesting bio to read:

http://www.l3-lewisandclark.com/ShowOneObject.asp?SiteID=29&ObjectID=70

http://www.profsurv.com/ps_scripts/article.idc?id=186&f=10&query=ellicott

I'm usually more interested in WHAT they surveyed:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyccazen/HLCo/Land/Tracts/PlatV.html

Being one who loves maps and if I can't find what suits me I make one that
does, you can see why I like surveyors of olde (I like a few modern-day
ones, too).

        Dan W.