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Map of the land of Mr. Bleijkert
Lavaux, Alexander de
Title Leupe: Kaart van de Plantagie Munikendam (links in 't opvaren).
This map shows the Munikendam plantation of Sir Bleijkert (A-D) to the north (to the left on the map) of the Cottica River and to the west of the Mot Creek.
The lot turns out to measure 245 Surinamese acres (105.35 hectares) instead of the 200 Surinamese acres (86 hectare) measured in 1606.
The Bellevue Plantation is situated to the west of the lot; a church and well as the Hamburg Plantation to the south.
The map was signed on 8 February 1733 and ratified on 15 June 1733 in Paramaribo.
Scale of 100 Chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 128 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1736, [fols.] 1198-1199.
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