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Map of a lot located next to the Suriname river

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Map of a lot located next to the Suriname river

Lavaux, Alexander de

Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land, gelegen tusschen de Plantagien Boa vista en Descanço.

This map shows the location and extent of a lot laying on the right shore of the Suriname river when sailing down.

The lot shown is part of the Descanço plantation.

Measures are indicated in Rhineland chains.

Some annotations have been made on the map.

Taken from: [OBP] Suriname 1736 [fols.] 1299-1300.

Scale of 100 chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 134 'strepen'.

See also VEL1780 and VEL1782.

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