Map of land owned by Mr. Lemmers
Gardin, P. / Lavaux, Alexander de
Title Leupe: Kaart van de Plantagien Queekhoven, gelegen tusschen Norandibo en de lage grond behorende tot de Sandtritz Norandibo (links in 't opvaren).
This map shows two lots of the Java Plantation belonging to Mr. Lemmers (A-H), member of the council of the police and Civil Justice, which lies to the West (topside of the map) of Mot Creek.
A.B. Lemmers requested the survey after obtaining the Queekhoven coffee plantation (A-D) and the Sanderits Norandibo plantation (E-H) between 1684 and 1721.
The lots turn out to measure 1000 Surinamese acres (430 hectares).
The forest belonging to the widow of Villepontou lies to the south of the lots.
This is a copy of the original map which was made to show Lavaux never measured the Santris Norandibo south of the Java Plantation and only mentioned that Santris formally belonged to the plantation even though it lays beyond its borders.
The original map was signed on 3 January 1731 and ratified on 1 December 1731 in Paramaribo.
Scale of 40 Chains of 66 Rhineland feet = 83 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: [OBP Suriname] 1749 La B.
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