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Project plan for the extension of Willemstad and fort Amsterdam

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Project plan for the extension of Willemstad and fort Amsterdam

Schrijver, Cornelis / Esdré, Godfried Carel / Snoek, Adriaan

Title Leupe: Plan van het fort Amsterdam en de Willemstad.

This project plan for strengthening the defences of Willemstad and Fort Amsterdam is based on the 1741-1742 primary surveys, basic maps and proposals by the military engineers Carel Gustaaf Schrijver and Godfried Carel Esdré. The ground plan shows relatively modest new fortifications on the eastern side of the fort and the existing town only. The index is transcribed but shows few differences with the original map. (VEL1443A)

Scale-bar of 30 Roeden Rijnlands = [approximately 1 : 990].

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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)