George Washington and His Maps In his journey from surveyor to soldier to leader, our first president used cartography to get a feel for the young nation. November 16, 2010.

George Washington's two elections to the presidency were nothing like the process, part-marathon, part-cage fight, we are seeing right now. All Washington had to do to get elected (unanimously ...

George Washington studied surveying, practiced it on familiar lands owned by his family, and was appointed as official surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia, by the young age of 17. The maps below ...

George finally found out what the winning side of election night felt like. Washington served seven years in the House of Burgesses, and then … well, you know the rest of the story.