COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
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Accession Number:
C-6860
accession_number
C-6860
Accession Number
false
File Name:
C-6860
file_name
C-6860
File Name
false
Call number:
Cabinet GM737 LaA75
call_number
Cabinet GM737 LaA75
Call number
false
Map title:
Algemeene Kaart van de Colonie of Provintie van Suriname, ...
map_title
Algemeene Kaart van de Colonie of Provintie van Suriname, ...
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
Te Amsterdam
place_of_publication
Te Amsterdam
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
by Covens en Mortier
publisher
by Covens en Mortier
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[ca. 1758]
publication_date
[ca. 1758]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
59.5 cm.
map_size_height
59.5 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
88.5 cm.
map_size_width
88.5 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
engraving, hand coloring
item_description
engraving, hand coloring
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Surinam with inset map of the coast of Guiana showing the area enlarged for the map and with an inset plan of Paramaribo. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, location of plantations with names of owners, native American towns and maroon communities, the Jewish Savannah, and where a slave rebellion occured. Decorative elements include ships and coat of arms of Suriname flanked by native Americans. The names of the plantation owners are given in keys at right and left.
geographical_description
Map of Surinam with inset map of the coast of Guiana showing the area enlarged for the map and with an inset plan of Paramaribo. Cartographic elements include scales, compass rose, location of plantations with names of owners, native American towns and maroon communities, the Jewish Savannah, and where a slave rebellion occured. Decorative elements include ships and coat of arms of Suriname flanked by native Americans. The names of the plantation owners are given in keys at right and left.
Geographical description
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Cartobibliographic notes:
This map is the third edition of the "small Lavaux" map, originally published by Hendrik de Leth, Amsterdam 1737. Lavaux had entered the service of the Society of Suriname in 1729.
cartobibliographic_notes
This map is the third edition of the "small Lavaux" map, originally published by Hendrik de Leth, Amsterdam 1737. Lavaux had entered the service of the Society of Suriname in 1729.
Cartobibliographic notes
false
References:
Phillips, P.L. Maps 3448, v. 9, no. 87-88; Koeman, C. Surinam Bibliography, 12.
references
Phillips, P.L. Maps 3448, v. 9, no. 87-88; Koeman, C. Surinam Bibliography, 12.
References
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
The Jewish Savannah, the first permanent Jewish settlement in the New World, was settled first by Portuguese Jews between 1635 and 1639. During the first half of the eighteenth century, the 2,000 inhabitants of the Jewish Savannah constituted half of Suriname's white population.
historical_notes
The Jewish Savannah, the first permanent Jewish settlement in the New World, was settled first by Portuguese Jews between 1635 and 1639. During the first half of the eighteenth century, the 2,000 inhabitants of the Jewish Savannah constituted half of Suriname's white population.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1758
normalized_date
1758
Normalized date
false
Creator:
Aleander de Lavaux
creator
Aleander de Lavaux
Creator
false