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Map of land owned by Jan de Marees
Freuytenier, Jan
Title Leupe: Kaart van een stuk land, gelegen tusschen Bleyenhoop en Roosendaal.
This map shows the land of Jande Marees (C-H) north of the Cottica River.
Jan de Marees obtained the land on 15 October 1733.
The lot turns out to measure 611 Surinamese acres (262,7 hectares).
The Roosendaal Plantation lies to the south (to the right on the map) of the lot.
The map was signed on 6 March 1734 and ratified on 18 September 1734 in Paramaribo.
Scale of 100 Chains of 5 1/2 Rhineland rods = 135 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1736 [fols.] 1219-1220.
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