Map of Fuik Bay

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Map of Fuik Bay

Serz, Christoph Gottlieb Friedrich

Title Leupe: De Haven van de Fuik.

This map made by Serz in 1776 shows the entrance to Fuik Bay with Fort Collenburg lying opposite. Compared with S. Geerts’ map dating twenty years earlier (VEL639), the arrangement seems to have slightly altered. The accommodation for the fort commander has been extended beyond the original wall. However, nothing had been done to improve the armament, which by late-eighteenth-century standards was below par.

North is upper left.

Scale-bar of 60 Rhineland Rod = [approximately 1 : 1,450].

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Is part of:

Fuik Baai Collenburg, fort (Curaçao)

Creator

Serz, Christoph Gottlieb Friedrich (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1776

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

34 x 47,5 cm.34 x 47,5 cm.

Number

VEL640

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Tags

Map/Chart/Plan, fortification

Inscription

Verklaringen: [rechtsonder] een legenda bij de letters A t/m F : Explanations: [lower right] a key to the letters A to F : A. Het Fort Collenburg. B. Een Battereij van 6 Stukken Canon. C. Het Commendeurs Huijs. D. Het kruit Magazijn. E. Het Wagt Huijs voor de Ruiter. F. Een Regenbak.

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)