Sujet

General map of Suriname, 1737-1757. Creator: Hendrik de Leth.

Légende

General map of Suriname, 1737-1757. 'Map of the colony or province of Suriname: with the rivers, districts, discoveries by military expeditions and the size of the measured plantations / by burden'. Two sheets stuck together, showing the plantations on the various rivers. Left and right: columns with the names of the owners of the plantations, a total of 519. In the top left: map of the wider area. Left: Cartouche with the scale. At the top right: Cartouche with the title and the coat of arms of Suriname. (Surinam, also unofficially known as Dutch Guiana, was a Dutch plantation colony in South America).

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM23A86_326

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

130,3Mo (9,7Mo) / 69,6cm x 46,9cm / 8216 x 5544 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe river rivers South America coast agriculture arts coastal art museum geography Netherlands Dutch color colony plantation plantations century Colonial watercolour Colour Suriname 18th century Eighteenth Century colonialism geographical feature imperialism Rijksmuseum Surinam TGN etching engraving map paper Heritage Art Low Countries watercolour (paint) Dutch Guiana Suriname River paper Hendrik de Leth Leth Hendrik de Hendrik de Leth II Alexander de Lavaux Lavaux Alexander de