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Plan for a redoubt between the Berbice River and the Wironje Creek

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Plan for a redoubt between the Berbice River and the Wironje Creek

de Veije, François Samuel

Title Leupe: Project plan en proffil op wat wyze de post by de gereformeerde Kerk in Rio Berbice kan of diende gesecureerd te worden in plaats van de provisioneele aangelegde aarde redout.

The final fortification upstream from Fort Nassau can be seen on this plan. It is complemented with François Samuel de Veije’s plans for a tower ‘à machicoulis’ within the existing wall to be designed along the lines of the ones envisaged for Nieuw-Savonette, the Wikki Creek and the Canje.

North is upper left.

Scale-bar of 72 Rhineland feet= [approximately 1 : 145].

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Sources and literature

Heijer, H. den, Grote Atlas van de West-Indische Compagnie = Comprehensive Atlas of the Dutch West India Company, II, de nieuwe WIC 1674-1791 = the new WIC 1674-1791 (2012)