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Map of Oureen on Groot-Banda or Lonthor

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Map of Oureen on Groot-Banda or Lonthor

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Map of Oureen on Groot-Banda or Lonthor, from the collection of Artus Gijsels.

Fort Storm is shown in the centre of the picture.

This part of the island is subdivided into the nutmeg beds E through K, but there is no key. The numbers noted indicate the number of 'souls', i.e. the number of slaves that were deemed necessary to work the nutmeg plantation in question.

Oureen.

Weght naar kijck in de pott.

D.: KALDIA BOCKA.

hooft[?].

Reduyt.

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Sources and literature

Loth, Vincent, Pioneers and Perkeniers: the Banda islands in the 17th century