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Map of the plantations at the Para Creek

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Map of the plantations at the Para Creek

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title Leupe: "Kaart van de plantages gelegen aan de beide oevers van de Parakreek."

This map shows the plantations along one of the most important tributaries of the Surinam river south of Paramaribo; the Para Creek. Among other things, the small Fort Para has been drawn in at the river mouth.

North is lower left.

Scale-bar of 300 chains of 66 feet = [approximately 1 : 11.000].

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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)