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Map of a several plots along the Suriname River

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Map of a several plots along the Suriname River

Lavaux, Alexander de

Title Leupe: Kaart van eenige landen aan beide oevers der Suriname gelegen.

This map shows plots along the Suriname River belonging to Wiltens, Talbot, Stephen Laur and Jacques de Crepij as well as the Bergendahl plantations. Their extent is noted in Surinamese acres (1 acre = 0,43 hectares). This map was signed on 15 June 1735.

Scale-bar of 250 chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 189 ‘strepen’.

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