Design for the new garrison quarters at Fort Nassau

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Design for the new garrison quarters at Fort Nassau

Knapp, Jan Daniël

Title Leupe: Plans, platte gronden, opstanden voor gebouwen in het fort Nassau.

This unsigned sketch for a new garrison at Fort Nassau was part of the total renovation of the fort between 1735-1740. On the basis of the handwriting, the sketch can be attributed to the engineer and surveyor Jan Daniel Knapp. It was sent to the Republic in 1739. This are three profiles of the building which clearly show its mutliple function ranging from quarters to offices to a praying room.

Origin: book of letters number 15 on page 45A.

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Berbice) Berbice

Creator

Knapp, Jan Daniël (assigned to)

Period

1738-1739

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

52,5 x 74 cm.52,5 x 74 cm.

Number

VEL1661D

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

building, Map/Chart/Plan, fortification

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)