Bidspirit auction | (SURINAM). Plan de la Ville


(SURINAM). Plan de la Ville de Paramaribo, Suivant les Plans Hollandois. Hand-colored map by Jacques Nicolas Bellin. 10.5 x 7.75 inches. Paris, J. Arriver,   1764. From Le Petit Atlas Maritime by the French cartographer Bellin Jacques Nicolas (1703-72). This detailed plan of Surinam’s capital city of Paramaribo, includes such important sites as the Synagogue of (Spanish-)Portuguese Jews (Tzedek ve-Shalom, est. 1736) and the Synagogue of German Jews (Neveh Shalom, est. 1719).