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Sketch map of the colony of Essequibo showing the location of the plantations

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Sketch map of the colony of Essequibo showing the location of the plantations

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Title Leupe: Plan topographique de la Colonie d'Essequebe dans la Guyane Hollandoise etc.

This French overview of the Essequibo colony shows the settlements and plantations around the estuary.

The map shows sailing routes past these cultivated lands and shows depths and streams. In addition, it depicts fortifications and shows which parts of the coast are reached by the flood.

Scale-bar of 2000 ‘Toises’ = 275 ‘strepen’.

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