Draft for the canal between the Suriname and Saramacca river
Böhm, Johann Gottfried Rabanus
Title Leupe : Nadere kaart van de geprojecteerde doorsnyding tusschen de rivieren Suriname en Saramaca (ter hoogte van de redout Purmerend).
This map contains a draft for new construction work between the Suriname and the Saramacca river to the northwest of Paramaribo.
Among others, a canal will be dug from the Suriname river to the Oranje Creek.
This creek is connected to the Saramacca river.
The canal is underlined with a green colour.
A dotted red line is drawn from the Suriname river to the Saramacca one, next to which is written: Passage from the Forest of Suriname to Saramacca measures 2589 Chains
A cartouche is drawn at the bottom right.
In it, a profile of the river and the adjacent land can be found.
Scale of 1000 Chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 218 'strepen'[ca. 1 : 96.000] / [profile] 230 Rhineland feet: = [ca. 1 : 520].
See also: VEL1767A, 1767B, 1772, 1773.
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