Map of Sint Michiel Bay

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Map of Sint Michiel Bay

Serz, Christoph Gottlieb Friedrich

Title Leupe: De St. Michiels Bay.

In their resolution of 9 October 1743, the States-General decided on a plan according to which a star-shaped low battery with a square central tower should be erected at Sint Michiel Bay, on a spot a little more to the west than earlier plans had called for. Work was carried out on the new stronghold at intervals in the following years, but it was never completed. This 1776 site map of the engineer Serz shows that after 1750 the incomplete construction dating from 1744 served as a foundation for the two batteries on Sint Michiel Bay. As a consequence, the disadvantage of the site originally planned was surmounted in the end.

North is upper left.

Scale-bar of 60 Rhineland Rods = [approximately 1 : 1,440].

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Is part of:

St. Michiel, fort Sint Michielsbaai

Creator

Serz, Christoph Gottlieb Friedrich (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1776

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

34 x 47 cm.34 x 47 cm.

Number

VEL615

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, fortification

Inscription

Verklaringen: [rechtsboven] een legenda bij de letters A t/m D : Explanations: [upper right] a key to the letters A to D : A. Het Oude Fort, off Battereij van 8 Stukken Canon. B. Het Boschieter Huijs. C. Het Nieuwe Fort van 7 Stukken Canon. D. Het Kruit Magazijn.

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)