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Project plan for a redoubt on the land of the Brandwacht on the eastern bank of the Demerara River

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Project plan for a redoubt on the land of the Brandwacht on the eastern bank of the Demerara River

Kanne, Carl Christiaan / Cooten, Hendrik van

Title Leupe: Plan van een redout voor de Brandwagt aan de rivier Demerary (Oostwal).

This is a copy of the fortification designs for Demerara that were probably made in 1779 by the engineer and building inspector Carl Christiaan Kanne.

Red lines are added to the plan to indicate how it can be be brought to reality.

Scale-bar of 40 Rods = [approximately 1 : 1,000].

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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)