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Map of French Guiana and Part of Dutch Guiana and Northern Brazil, 1780Map of French Guiana and Part of Dutch Guiana and Northern Brazil, 1780

Copperplate engraving map of French Guiana, part of Dutch Guiana (now Suriname), and northern Brazil. Created by Rigobert Bonne in 1780. Shows the "line of defense against the Negroes in revolt" in Suriname and the Jewish settlement of Jodensavanne. Published in Paris as part of the atlas accompanying Guillaume-Thomas François Raynal's Histoire philosophique et politique, des établissements et du commerce des européens dans les deux Indes.

Map of Suriname Showing Joods Dorp en Sinagoge (Jew's Town and Synagogue), [before 1718]Map of Suriname Showing Joods Dorp en Sinagoge (Jew's Town and Synagogue), [before 1718]

Map of Suriname, based on Mogge's map of 1671. This map, predating 1718, prominently features the "Joods Dorp en Sinagoge" (Jew's Town and Synagogue) and numerous Jewish plantation owners' names, including De Fonseca, De Pina, Serfatyn, Nassy, Pereira, Aboafe, De Silva, De Costa, and Nunes. This map may be the earliest depiction of a synagogue in the Americas. Published by Josua Ottens.

Map of Suriname, Showing Military Paths, Settlements, and Forts, 1791Map of Suriname, Showing Military Paths, Settlements, and Forts, 1791

Antique map of Suriname, South America, published in London by Johnston in 1791. The map depicts the area from the River Corentyn to the Conamoana River, including military paths used by Stedman in 1772, Rebel Negroe Settlements, Indian Villages, Fort Amsterdam, the Jew Savannah, and areas destroyed by rebel slaves. Military forts are marked with flags, encampments with triangles, and waterways and villages are shown. The map measures 17.5 x 8.75 inches.