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Map of a planned plantation at the Berbice River

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Map of a planned plantation at the Berbice River

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title Leupe: Kaart van eenige gronden in Rio Berbice.

This map constitutes a plan to build what appears to be a single plantation for multiple crops.

The annotation “…my plan to cultivate cotton” suggests a single owner.

A planned canal with a watermill is depicted too.

Scale-bar of 30 Rhineland Rods = 97 ‘strepen’.

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