Plan of a Large Plantation, Cayenne (French Guiana), 1763
Titled, Vue de l'Habitation du Sr. de Prèfontaine, Situèe a Cayenne; consists of a detailed plan of the layout of Prèfontaine's very large plantation. Features on the plan are either named on the plan itself or marked by letters, identified on the legend on the left, e.g., the chapel, storehouse, kitchen, hospital, sugar mill. The rather sizeable slave village (cazes des negres) with its rectangular houses, is in the upper right hand corner; at the extreme right of the village is a small building, the Economat.
Image Title
Plan of a Large Plantation, Cayenne (French Guiana), 1763
RegID
SI-OB-447
Date
1763
Title
Plan of a Large Plantation, Cayenne (French Guiana), 1763
Source
Chevalier de Prèfontaine, Maison rustique, a l'usage des habitans de la partie de la France èquinoxiale, connue sous le nom de Cayenne (Paris, 1763), plate [planche] I. (Copy in the John Carter Brown Library at Brown University)
Language
French
Item sets
Plantation Scenes, Slave Settlements & Houses
Spatial Coverage
South America--French Guyana
Reproduced In
Chevalier de Prèfontaine, Maison rustique, a l'usage des habitans de la partie de la France èquinoxiale, connue sous le nom de Cayenne (Paris, 1763), plate [planche] I.
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
JCB_06290-1