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Map of plantations Duinenburg and Luixbergen at the Essequibo River

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Map of plantations Duinenburg and Luixbergen at the Essequibo River

Anoniem / Anonymous

Title Leupe: Kaart van de Westkust Essequebo, strekkende van de gronden behoorende aan den heer J. Kip, tot de punt van de rivier Bouwerone enz .

Map of the Duinenberg and Luixbergen plantations with elaborate annotations, including those indicating the types of buildings, their state of disrepair and the costs to renovate them.

The crops growing on the lots are mentioned on the map.

The Agterkerk Plantation lays to the west of the Duinenberg and Luixbergen ones.

Taken from the missive of the Director-General of Essequibo, Demarary from 4 April 1781 as to be found in kohier La PP fol. 353.

Scale-bar of 2000 Rods = 141 ‘strepen’.

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