Dec 17, 2020 - Sale 2555

Sale 2555 - Lot 56

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(COLONIAL SOUTH AMERICA.) Ottens, Reinier & Josua. Nieuwe Gemeten Kaarte van de Colonie de Berbice met der Zelver Plantagien en de Namen der Bezitters in Het Ligt Gebragt Door. Large engraved map of the Berbice River centered on Fort Nassau in the Dutch colony of Berbice with a smaller inset map of Suriname in original hand-color at lower left; letterpress key pasted below. 4 sheets joined, 27 1/2x40 inches overall; old folds and small repairs but generally very nice. Amsterdam, 1740

Additional Details

Fine map of Dutch colonial regions in Guyana and Suriname. Quite rare with the detailed listing of contemporary plantation owners and directors present.