Map of plantations on Tiger island
Saffon, Pierre-Louis de
Title Leupe: Kaart van het Eiland Arobasie of Tigre Eyland.
Just as in Surinam and the other colonies along the Wild Coast, in the eighteenth century the plantation areas on the banks of the Essequibo gradually moved to more accessible parts around the lower reaches of the river, the adjacent coastal regions and the islands of the estuary.
This cadastral map or certificate of registry of reclamation projects, shows the De Goede Wilsigt en Koningsberg plantations on the island of ‘Aroewabiscie’ (Tiger Island).
Originally J.F. Saffon would conduct this survey, but his kin P.L. de Saffon took the task on his shoulders.
The map was signed on 13 October 1766.
This map is part of a collection of cadastral surveys (VEL1537 t/m VEL1542).
Scale-bar of 100 chains of 60 Rhineland feet = [approximately 1 : 16,300].
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