Nieuwe Kaart van Suriname vertonende de stromen en land-streken van Suriname, Comowini, Cottica, en Marawini.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 221
(SURINAM).

Nieuwe Kaart van Suriname vertonende de stromen en land-streken van Suriname, Comowini, Cottica, en Marawini.

Handcolored Map. Approx. 20 x 24 inches.

Amsterdam: J. Ottens before 1718

Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $7,500
This rare map, published by the well-known mapseller Josua Ottens of Amsterdam, was presumably based on Mogge’s map of 1671, the oldest known printed map of Suriname. In our map, great prominence is given to the “Joods Dorp en Sinagoge” (Jew’s Town and Synagogue) as well as some two dozen Jewish-owned plantations in that immediate vicinity. Thus, we find recorded here an abundance of Spanish-Portuguese Jewish names, including: Josue and Jacob Nassy, Abram de Pina, Rafael Aboafe, Isaque Pereira, Elias Ely, Barug de Costa, Nunes da Costa, Montesinus, Parera, de Fonseca, de Silva, Serfatyn, etc. See Ir. C. Koeman, Bibliography of Printed Maps of Suriname 1671-1971, no. 6; EJ, Vol. XV, col. 530 (commemorative stamp of Surinam showing detail of similar, but not identical map).