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Map of land owned by Geerhardus Jacobus Schleeps

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Map of land owned by Geerhardus Jacobus Schleeps

Freuytenier, Jan

Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land, gelegen aan de Westzyde van de Motkreek (links in 't opvaren).

This map shows the land belonging to Geerhardus Jacobus Schleeps (E-H) and located to the west of the Mot Creek.

Geerhardus Jacobus Schleeps requested the survey after obtaining the land on 8 January 1732.

The largest part of the plantation contains blaka-beri forest.

The plantations of Abraham Lemmers lie to the north (to the right on the map) of the lot and the land of Willem Schaffo to its south (to the left on the map).

The lot turns out to measure 822 Surinamese acres (353,5 hectares).

The map was signed on 18 June 1732 and ratified on 5 March 1733.

Scale of 60 Chains of 5 1/2 Rhineland rod = 120 ‘strepen’.

Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1736 [fols.] 1180-1181.

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