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Map of newly assigned property named Woordtsburg

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Map of newly assigned property named Woordtsburg

Schoonenbeek, Jan van

Title Leupe: "Kaartboek van de navolgende gronden uitgegeven in de kolonie Berbice, met acten van meting (1790-1793)."

Suvey of the property Woordtsburg which is located in the Marripaan region at the Berbice River, and borders the property Bellevue. It measures 500 Surinamese acres (1 acre = 0,43 hectares) and was assigned to Jan van der Woordt on 12 January 1792.

Part of the series VELH581A1-22, consisting of cadastral maps of newly assigned plots along the rivers Berbice and Canje

North is upper left.

Scale-bar of 300 Rhineland Rods.

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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)