Design for stronghold at the Demerara River mouth
Heneman, Johan Christoph von
Title Leupe: Plan van het fort aan de Hoofdplaats van Demerarij (Stabroek).
This map forms part of Johan Christoph Heneman’s project plans for the Demerara defences of 1774-1775.
The maps under VEL1554 and VEL 1555 show two forts designed for the river mouth.
These two forts feature on his survey on his overview under VEL660.
This is plan IX for the large stronghold originally planned for the new government complex on the Brandwacht site at the mouth of the Demerara River.
A profile of the fortress has been drawn below on the map.
The plantation Vlissingen lies to the north of the planned fortress and the plantation Werck and Rust to its south .
An alternative version, VEL1557A, is kept in the Dutch National Archive.
Scale-bars of 20 Rhineland Rods = 141 ‘strepen’ ca. 1 : 775 60 feet [or] 5 Rhineland Rods = [approximately 1 : 175].
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