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Map of the Nieuwe Hoop Plantation

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Map of the Nieuwe Hoop Plantation

Hagen, J.H.

Title Leupe: Kaarte van de Nieuwe Grond, genaamd Nieuwe Hoop, gelegen aan de Westwal van de Maripaam in Rio de Berbice enz.

Map of planned Nieuwe Hoop Plantation to the west of the Berbice River.

The lot turns out to measure 250 Surinamese acres (that is 117,5 hectares).

The plantation land next to the Berbice river contains forests with different kinds of wood.

Two pieces of uncultivated land lay adjacent to the lot, the Balks Vergenoegen Plantation is located further south and the Dankbaarheijd Plantation further north.

The map was signed on 24 October 1772.

Scale-bar of 300 Rhineland Rods = 162 ‘strepen’.

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