Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 Active Quadrupeds Wilkes studied triangulation and surveying

Wilkes studied triangulation and surveying with Ferdinand Hassler

Guillaume Danet and Jacques-Francois Benard

Hand-colored aquatint engravings

Fine’s highly detailed woodcut map is surrounded by floral embellishments

Anton ROESSLER. The Latest Map of the State of Texas...1874 Active Quadrupeds Wilkes studied triangulation and surveyingROESSLER, 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