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Map of Sir Jacobij's plantation
Lavaux, Alexander de
Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land, gelegen in Cottica, achter het 3e tabbetje.
This map shows the plantation of Marsilius Jacobij (demarcated with the letters A-D) on the south bank (above on the map) of the Cottica river.
The survey was done to demarcate the new possessions of Sir Marsilius Jacobij.
The land turns out to measure 1500 Surinamese acres (705 hectares).
The plantation lays between the plantations of Sir Barend Adriaanszen Rupsina and Daniel Hobma.
The map was signed by the surveyor on 8 February 1733 and ratified on 11 September 1733.
Scale of 100 Chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 142 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1736 [fols.] 1208-1209.
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