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Plan of the Fort of Good Hope

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Plan of the Fort of Good Hope

Anoniem / Anonymous

According to the Leupe catalogue (NA), the original title reads:Als voren, referring to the title of VEL0803 Kaart van het Fort de Goede Hoop en de daaromheen gelegen landen, tusschen de Tafelbaai en Baai Fals.

Map of the construction of three guard posts between the redoubt Duin and Coorenhoop for the protection of cornfields and the wagon trail leading from Table Bay into the interior.

Notes on the reverse: Voor Amsterdam, Kaap 1656/57 no 5; 488 a; 527 of 327.

Alongside the indication of scale the following: Scale de Roemaat.

Key: a-l

The topographical names mentioned on this map are: tafelbaij, Leeuwenbergh, tafelbergh, zoutpan.

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