Map of part of the Nieuwe Lavant Plantation
Freuytenier, Jan
Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land tussen de Nieuwe Levant tot aan de Paramarica Creeq, zynde het gedeelte onder No. 2 in inv.nr. 1933.
This map shows the second lot of the Nieuwe Lavant plantation (indicated with the letters A-D) belonging to Sir Duselle, situated north of the the Cottica River and the Kras Creek.
The Paramaribo creek flows through the north end of the lot.
The survey was requested by Benjamin Duselle himself.
The lot turns out to measure 341 Surinamese acres (146,63 hectares).
The Nieuwe Claerenbeek en Pietersburg plantations are situated to the south of these lands (below on the map).
The map was signed by the land surveyor on 19 July 1734 and ratified on 9 February 1736 in Paramaribo.
The map is part of the series VEL1934-VEL1938, which maps the lots of this plantation separately. The entire Nieuwe Lavant plantation is depicted on map VEL1933.
Scale of 100 Chains of 5 ½ Rhineland rods= 170 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: [OBP Suriname 1736, fols.] 1173-1174.
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