description description

Plan of Fort Zeelandia

Image

Plan of Fort Zeelandia

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title Leupe: Schetsplan van het fort Zeelandia aen de rivier Suriname.

This is the oldest extant plan of Zeelandia, anonymously made before 1702. The description on the map shows the dire condition of the fort: loopholes as well as water sources were lacking and the walls and foundation of the fort were far from stable.

North is lower left.

Taken from: OBP Suriname 1702 [fol.] 41.

Scale-bar of 100 feet = [approximately 1 : 440].

Please contact Nationaal Archief for reuse and copyrights.

Sources and literature

Heijer, H. den, Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie = Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch West India Company, II, de nieuwe WIC 1674-1791 = the new WIC 1674-1791 (2012)