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Comprehensive map of Suriname, sheet 4

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Comprehensive map of Suriname, sheet 4

Sypestein, C.A. van / Heneman, Johan Christoph van / Cleef, van

Title Leupe: Kaart van de kolonie Suriname, een gedeelte van Guyana, Nederlandsche Bezitting op het vasteland van Zuid-Amerika

This is the reprint of J.C. Heneman’s comprehensive map of Suriname from 1784. It was printed more than half a century after the orginal and contains updates showing the extension of settlements and plantations. These updates are based on the observations of second lieutenant of the artillery C.A. van Sypestein. This forth and last sheet shows the eastern part of the colony up to the Marowijne river, which constitutes the border with French Guyana.

North is up.

Scale-bar 1 : 194.000.

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