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Map of lot owned by Louis Chardavoire and Jacob Balcet

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Map of lot owned by Louis Chardavoire and Jacob Balcet

Freuytenier, Jan

Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land, gelegen in de Paramarica Creeq (rechts in 't opvaren).

This map shows the a belonging to Louis Chardavoire and Jacob Balcet (C-H), located east of the Paramarica Creek.

Chardavoire and Balcet requested the survey after obtaining the land on 26 August 1733.

The lot turns out to measure 340 Surinamese acres (141,9 hectares).

The land of Sir Schats lies to its north (to the left on the map) of the lot, and the land of Abraham Egidius Engel to its south (to the right on the map).

The map was signed on 6 October 1733 and ratified on 13 October 1733.

Scale of 100 Chains of 5 1/2 Rhineland rods = 120 ‘strepen’.

Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1736 [fols.] 1267-1268.

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