Digital Image: 1876 Roessler Folding Geological Map of Texas
Texas-roessler-1876_d
Title
New Map of the State of Texas compiled from the Latest Authorities and Published June 1876.
1876 (dated) 17.25 x 19.25 in (43.815 x 48.895 cm) 1 : 315000
1876 (dated) 17.25 x 19.25 in (43.815 x 48.895 cm) 1 : 315000
Description
FOR THE ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP, WITH HISTORICAL ANALYSIS, CLICK HERE.
Digital Map Information
Geographicus maintains an archive of high-resolution rare map scans. We scan our maps at 300 DPI or higher, with newer images being 600 DPI, (either TIFF or JPEG, depending on when the scan was done) which is most cases in suitable for enlargement and printing.
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How Large Can I Print?
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Refunds
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Cartographer
Anton R. Roessler (c. 1833 - 1893) was a surveyor and cartographer who played an important role in the mapping of Texas in the early statehood period. Little is known about his early life aside from his being born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He arrived in Texas in the late 1850s and spent most of his adult life in Austin. He participated in the 'Shumard Survey,' led by the chief geologist of the state, Benjamin Franklin Shumard. Roessler worked as a geological assistant and draughtman on the survey, which was disbanded due to the Civil War in 1862 (Roessler's maps are the only ones that survive from the Shumard Survey). Roessler then worked as chief draughtsman for the Texas State Military Board's arsenal. Towards the end of the war, he shifted to the Union side, moving to New Orleans and informing federal troops about Confederate defenses and the geography of Texas. After the war, he worked for the U.S. Land Office (General Land Office) and began to publish maps of Texas and of individual counties of Texas under his own name. He also published scholarly papers related to geology and, for a time, relocated to New York, where he worked to promote immigration to Texas through the Texas Land and Immigration Company of New York. Mystery and controversy surrounded Roessler. The records of the Shumard Survey all were lost or destroyed, save for those in Roessler's possession. He was later publicly attacked by State Geologist S. B. Buckley, who accused Roessler of hoarding the only remaining copies of the Survey's maps and using them for personal gain. More by this mapmaker...