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Map of the La Vigilance Plantation at the Corpine Creek

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Map of the La Vigilance Plantation at the Corpine Creek

Lavaux, Alexander de

Title Leupe: Kaart van de Plantagie La Vigilance.

This survey of the La Vigilance Plantation at the Corpine creek was requested by Sir Paul Claude La Faurie. The extent turns out to be 1000 Surinamese acres, that is 430 hectares. The annotation at the bottom of the map tells of earlier transactions of the piece of land. The map was signed on 17 April 1735 and ratified on 25 April 1736.

North is lower right.

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