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Plan of the house of the Governor of Saint Martin and Saba

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Plan of the house of the Governor of Saint Martin and Saba

Handleigh, John

Title Leupe: Afteekening en grondplan van het huis en verder getimmerte enz. Toebehoorende den Heer en Mr. Willem Hendrik Rink.

This map, containing a ground plan and front view, shows Sir Willem Hendrik Rink’s dwelling and the other structures pertaining to it in Philipsburg in 1802, when he was Governor of Saint Martin and Saba under the Batavian Republic. The rooms of his dwelling contain reference numbers (see under inscription, below, for the transcribed index).

Scale-bar of 30 feet = [approximately 1 : 120].

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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)