Plan for defenses at the mouth of the Demerara River

Title Leupe: Plan van een redout op de Oostpunt van de rivier Demerary.

This map shows the planned watchhouse at the Demerara River.

The index indicates which rooms will be built.

This map belongs to a series of plans and profiles bundled under number VEL1551. This series forms a design made circa 1779 for the planned fortifications at the mouth of the Demerara River.

The plans are most likely based on the drafts of the WIC engineer and inspector of construction; Carl Christiaan Kanne (see VEL1550 and 1558A).

The WIC never realised these plans, but the area appointed by Kanne was used by the French in 1782 to establish their offices, as can be seen on the original draft of Heneman (see VEL1560).

Scale-bar of 14 Rhineland Rods = 225 ‘strepen’ [approximately 1 : 10,800].