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Map of the area between the Suriname and Saramacca river

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Map of the area between the Suriname and Saramacca river

Wollant, Johann Friedrich Ferdinand

Titel Leupe : Kaart van situatie van de terrains tusschen de Rivieren Suriname en Sarameca, opgenomen op de distance van 4 uuren gaans, in 't noorden van de Kleyne Oranieweeg af.

This map shows an area at four hours distance (about 20 Kilometres) from both the Suriname and Saramacca river and to the north of the path ‘Kleijne Oranienweeg.’

This path (designated in red) lays west of the Gelderland post at the Joden Savanne (Jewish plance).

Next to the forest, swamp, plains and creeks, some military posts are also depicted, among which those of Engeland on the Berlijn plantation.

Scale of 150 Rhineland Chains / for every hour by foot = [ca. 1 : 35.000].

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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)