General map of Suriname

Title Leupe: Kaartje van de Colonie Suriname, tusschen Engelsch en Fransch Guyana of Cayenne.

This general map of the coast and riverine networks of Suriname is a reprint of Heneman’s 1784 multi-sheet, large-scale map titled Kaart van de Colonie Suriname en de onderhoorige rivieren en Districten, zoverre derzelver ontdekkingen nu zyn strekkende met de tot Culture gebragt zynde Landen en Plantagien (see VEL 1677A-G). Heneman produced this map for the directors and governors of the WIC residing in the Dutch Republic as an overview of the entire colony of Suriname, which emphasized the main plantation areas around the Commewijne and Suriname Rivers and gave a geographical impression of the uncultivated lands outside this zone. While the borders of the plantations were drawn tightly, nature was described in general terms like Highlands with forest or Mud with sand. In the seventy years since the original publication, much of this periphery had been explored. Nonetheless, but the editor chose to preserve the general descriptions and rather produce the abstract map with limited details which is depicted here. Plantations and colours were removed from the map to maximize the clarity of this overview of rivers, creeks, cities, forests and savannas.

Scale-bar of 1:00000.

Also see VEL1681.