Map of Surinam

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Map of Surinam

Lavaux, Alexander de / Lacroix, J.G. de

Map of Surinam.

Generale caart van de provintie Suriname Rivieren & districten met alle d'ontdekkinge van militaire togten mitsgaders de groote der gemeetene plantagien gecarteerd op de naauwkeurigste waarneemingen.

Some 400 plantations are marked on the chart.

The chart has a richly decorated border in which the coats of arms of the eleven directors and the secretary of the 'Societeit', the government of Surinam in this period, are depicted.

Cf. Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, inv. nr. 693 C 6 part XXI, op. p. 74

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Is part of:

Paramaribo

Creator

Lavaux, Alexander de (draughtsman)

Lacroix, J.G. de (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1737

Material

paper

Technique

engraving

Kind

print

Dimension

186,5 x 215,5 cm186,5 x 215,5 cm

Number

NG-539

Owner

Rijksmuseum Amsterdam

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, compass / dial, banderole / cartouche / ornamentation, estate / plantation, Person, key, fauna, North and South Americans, ship / vessel

Inscription

Generale caart van de provintie Suriname Rivieren & districten met alle d'ontdekkinge van militaire togten mitsgaders de groote der gemeetene plantagien gecarteerd op de naauwkeurigste waarneemingen