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My 18th Great Grandfather "Aegidius Tschudi" from Switzerland was responsible for publications such as "Beschreibung Galliae Comatae" which appeared under Gallati's editorship in 1758, and is mainly devoted to a topographical, historical and antiquarian description of ancient Helvetia and Rhaetia, the latter part being his early work on Rhaetia revised and greatly enlarged. This book was designed practically as an introduction to his magnum opus, the Chronicon Helveticum, part of which (from 1001 to 1470) was published by J. R. Iselin in two stately folios (1734–1736); the rest consists only of rough materials. There exist two rather antiquated biographies of Tschudi by I. Fuchs (2 vols, St Gall, 1805) and C. Vogel (Zürich, 1856).
Tschudi worked from both documents and legends to portray the ancient traditions of Swiss defense of liberty, giving roles not only to "William Tell" but to the heroic moment of the foundation of the Confederacy, when Werner Stauffacher representing Schwyz, Walter Fürst of Uri and Arnold of Melchtal for Unterwalden meet at the Rutli, a meadow above Lake Lucerne, and take an oath to defend Swiss freedom. Tschudi’s influential text dates that event to November 8, 1307.
Original Alpine Topographic maps of his are shown below, along with his portrait of him:
I have been a surveyor for almost 50-years, and it is indeed in the blood! So proud!

Michael J. Walters PLS

Brilliant work!

You must be very proud. What a rare and great legacy!

My father and two uncles were civil engineers too. All were surveyors for a short time in their career too and eventually specialized in the civil environment. I wish I could have shared this with them too. Perhaps their all talking shop now?

Reminds me of some of the maps I see on the inside cover of fantasy books. Here's one from Game of Thrones.

Ded! You hit it on the nail! I thought of this one. (Not offense, Mike. Love the history)

Cool!