Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 The Roots of Texas View of the Stone Walls

View of the Stone Walls

was published to accompany the pictures

The geography includes the tracks of the great navigators of the age

which certainly predates the Russian discoveries and information furnished by Joseph De L'Isle and Philippe Buache

Plate XCIII - Black Footed Ferret

Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 The Roots of Texas View of the Stone WallsROESSLER, Anton (1826 1893) The Latest Map of the State of Texas Lithograph 1874 40 x 45 sheet, 51 x 57 framed. In 1874 Roessler wrote: "Texas is, or will be, the wealthiest state in the Union, possessing as she does great agricultural capabilities, all the varieties of soils, minerals and useful rocks known to exist in the world." His extraordinarily detailed large scale map was designed to demonstrate the truth of his declaration. After De Cordovas