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Map of the coast from Wia-Wia to Cayenne

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Map of the coast from Wia-Wia to Cayenne

Wollant, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand

Title Leupe: Kaart van Cayenne, van de rivier Cahani tot Rio Arrowarry.

In the Fourth Anglo-Dutch War (1780-1784), France was an ally of the Republic, and, as a far stronger naval and colonial power in this period, helped prevent the loss of Dutch colonies worldwide. From Surinam, the military engineer Johann Friedrich Ferdinand Wollant was sent to the neighbouring French colony of Cayenne to confer with the authorities there about reciprocal military aid (or rather, French assistance to the Dutch colonies) and the supply of French weapons, ammunition and food. During this mission, which lasted until the end of January 1782, Wollant collected data for many of his maps and designs.

This is probably a draft by Wollant showing the coast from the Wia-Wia mangrove to Cayenne. Note that the Leupe inventory wrongly assigns this map to Jefferys and Mareechais; this possibly involves a copying error.

Scale-bar of 10 German miles = 65 ‘strepen’.

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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)