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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).