Map of a vacant lot at the Warapa Creek Canal
Bronsman, E.
Title Leupe: Schetskaartje van eenige gronden tusschen de Warapper en Matappica Creecquen.
This draft map shows the lots between the planned Matapica and Warapa Creek canals (right of the map) which lay to the north (right on the map) of the cultivated plantations.
Only cultivated lots are designated, coloured and in one instance provided with letters to indicate the borders.
The new lots are drafted crudely.
The flow of the creeks and new canals is drawn.
The first land assignments in this area were made shortly before the middle of the eighteenth century.
The reclamation of the low-lying parts farther from the river began before c. 1757, starting along Warapa and Marapica Creeks, for which purpose however a system of drainage and supply channels had to be constructed.
Taken from: [fol.] 66.
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