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Map of part of the Lunenburg Plantation

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Map of part of the Lunenburg Plantation

Freuytenier, Jan

Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land zynde een gedeelte van het land der Plantagie Lunenburg.

This map shows a lot of the Lunenburg plantation (indicated with the letters A-D) belonging to Johannes Moll and situated north of the Cottica River.

The survey was requested by Johannes Moll himself.

The lot turns out to measure 300 Surinamese acres (129 hectares).

The land of Nicolaas Reijnsdorp lies to the west of these lands.

The map was signed by the land surveyor on 3 September 1735 and ratified on 4 August 1736 in Paramaribo.

Scale of 100 Chains of 5 ½ Rhineland rods= 233 ‘strepen’.

Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1736 [fols.] 1329-1330.

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