Floor plan of the upper floor of fort Nassau

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Floor plan of the upper floor of fort Nassau

Knapp, Jan Daniël

Title Leupe: Plans, platte gronden, opstanden voor gebouwen in het fort Nassau.

This unsigned ground plan of Fort Nassau gives a good impression of the situation during or shortly after the total renovation of 1735-1740. On the basis of the compass rose, the scale bar and the handwriting, the plan can be attributed to the engineer and surveyor Jan Daniel Knapp. It was sent to the Republic in 1739. The main attention is given to the garrison and posts inside the fortress as shown here from the upper floor.

North is lower right.

Scale-bar of 5 Rhineland Rods = [approximately 1 : 125].

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Is part of:

Nassau, fort (Berbice) Berbice

Creator

Knapp, Jan Daniël (assigned to)

Period

1738-1739

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

52,5 x 74 cm.52,5 x 74 cm.

Number

VEL1661A

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

building, Map/Chart/Plan, fortification, compass / dial

Inscription

[right] a key to the letters A to P and a note : Explicatie. A. Voorhuys daerin tegelyk de Godsdienst gehouden word. B. Contoor van de Wel Edele Gestrenge Heer Gouverneur. C. Camers van dezelve. D. Camer daerin de fyne producten geborgen worden. E. Raads Camer. F. Combuyst. G. Secreet. H. Lieutenants Camer. I. Sergeanten Camer. K. Corporaals Camer. L. Secretarey. M. Secretaris Camer. N. Eerste Klerks Camer. O. Secreet voor de Guarnisoen. P. Schiet Gaaten. NB: wat geel geillumineert, is van Hout en wat rood, is Steen.

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)