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Map of the swamp located between de Suriname and Saramacca river

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Map of the swamp located between de Suriname and Saramacca river

Mestrezat, Leonard

Titel Leupe : Situatie Kaart van het terrein tusschen de Plantagie Beekhuysen en Saramaca.

This map shows the location, extent and precise borders of several swamps laying between the Suriname river, adjacent to the Beekhuysen plantation (south of Paramaribo) and the Saramacca river.

In addition, the Wanika trail and creek are drawn.

The map is divided into vertical zones through red dotted lines.

The legend describes the kind of terrain and lenght (in chains measurements) for all zones using assigned letters.

Scale of 100 chains of 66 Rhineland feet= 85 'strepen'.

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