Ground plan for the reconstruction of the Brandwacht redoubt

Osterlin, Philippus Marcus

Title Leupe: Plans, platte gronden, opstanden voor gebouwen in het fort Samson.

This drawing of the ‘improved’ Brandwacht by Philippus Marcus Osterlin belongs to his site map under number VEL1623 and gives the cross-section and views of the four sides of the post as it was round 1740.

Leupe wrongly attributes the map to to P.D. Desmaretz and J.D. Knapp.

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Is part of:

Brandwacht, fort (Berbice) Berbice

Creator

Osterlin, Philippus Marcus (land surveyor / mapmaker)

Period

1735-1740

Material

paper

Technique

coloured drawing

Kind

drawing

Dimension

46,5 x 60 cm.46,5 x 60 cm.

Number

VEL1660C

Owner

Nationaal Archief

Inscription

[below the separate drawings] descriptions : Horizont. No 5. Front naer het Riviere. No 6. ’S linker Vleugel. No 7. Agter Zijde. No 8. Regeter Vleugel. No 9. Profil volgens de Linie A en B op de Plaan No 2. No 10. Profil, volgens de Linie C en D op de Plaan No 2.

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)