A.R. Roessler's latest map of the state of Texas : exhibiting mineral and agricultural districts, post offices & mailroutes [sic], railroads projected and finished, timber, prairie, swamp lands, etc. etc. etc. /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Ed. W. Welke,
1874.
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| Item Description: | Shows counties and county seats, towns, roads, railroads, rivers, Indian Territory, and surrounding states. Title from title block. Relief shown by hachures and depictions. "Authorities: official maps of the U.S. & Texas State General Land Offices, surveys & reconnoissances of the U.S. Coast Survey, the various rail road surveys, U.S. Mexican Boundary Commission surveys, U.S. Engineer Dept. and other authentic materials." "Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1874 by A.R. Roessler in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington." "Published Aug. 1874, New York"--Cover. Includes ancillary map entitled, "Map Showing Agricultural Districts and Varieties of Soils in the State of Texas," with "Tables of Soils" and surveyor's station readings, printed by Ferd. Mayer, New York. Includes additional longitudinal coordinates measured west from Washington (W 294̊5'--W 160̊0'). Includes, "Enumeration of Principle Minerals, Rocks, Soils and Timber Varieties, Known to Exist in the State of Texas Arranged According to Counties." Includes, "Explanations" of mapping, mineral and vegetation symbols. Includes text on "Geology" and "Area of Texas." |
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| Physical Description: | 2 maps on 1 sheet : hand colored, mounted in cover ; 93 x 105 cm and 28 x 29 cm, on sheet 100 x 117 cm |