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Map of lands around the Sommelsdijk Fortress
Lavaux, Alexander de
Title Leupe: Kaart van eenige Plantagien, gelegen tusschen Cottica en Commewyne, van een stuk land tegen over Vossenburg in Commewyne.
This map shows the lands of Mr. de Cheusses (coloured red) and Pater (coloured beige) as well as the area around the Sommelsdijk fortress (coloured yellow).
The lots are measured in Surinamese acres (1 acre = 0.43 hectares).
The Cras Creek lies to the east of the lots, and the canal between the Commewijne and Cottica Rivers to the west.
See also VEL1985.
Scale of 200 Chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 213 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1731 [fol.] 236.
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