Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 The Roots of Texas with a history ofCanada from

with a history ofCanada from 1619 to 1632 and a treatise on navigation (bound in at the end in this copy)

Plate XCIII - Black Footed Ferret

North London

Patent Office

17 1/2” x 23 1/4” sheet

Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 The Roots of Texas with a history ofCanada fromROESSLER, 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