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Map of the Noytgedagt Plantation
Jeekel, C.W. van
Title Leupe: Schetskaart van het om bij de fortress Sommelsdyk leggende land, geaugmenteert met een stuk land genoemt Kleyn Poolen. [sic!]
This map shows the Noytgedagt Plantation (coloured red and yellow) at the Cottica River.
The survey was requested by the owners, D. F. Dandiran and L. Deloncour, to measure their new hinterland (coloured yellow).
The hinterland measures 500 Surinamese acres (215 hectares).
The Commewijne River and Sommelsdijk fortress are also depicted.
The map was signed by the land surveyor on 23 April 1764.
Scale of 100 Chains of 66 Rhineland rods = 115 ‘strepen’.
Taken from: OBP Suriname 1764.
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