This is a 1725 map of Saint-Domingue (modern-day Haiti) by Guillaume De L'Isle. It is one of the earliest known maps to show L'Anise de Juif, Haiti, a likely early trading settlement. The map is part of a collection that ranges in date from 1725 to 1858. The map is based on, but not a rote copy of, Amédée-François Frézier's 1722 Isle de S. Domingue et débouquemens circonvoisins. The description includes historical context regarding Jewish emigration to Haiti following French colonization in 1633, their involvement in the sugar plantations, and their subsequent expulsion in 1683 due to the Code Noir. Despite the expulsion, some Jews remained in leadership positions within French trading companies. A 1745 Buache edition of this map also exists, noting "Buache ...1745" in the lower right corner. This earlier map does not have this notation.
Subject: Colonialism
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Hand-colored copperplate engraving map of Suriname, likely from the second edition of Johannes van Keulen's *Zee-Atlas*, depicting the coastline, rivers, and settlements, including the location of the Congregation Beraha VeSalom Synagogue in Jodensavanne. Published in Amsterdam in 1687 by Johannes van Keulen. Shows the earliest cartographic evidence of the second synagogue built in Suriname.
Copper engraving depicting the Jodensavanne (Jewish Savanna) in Suriname. Plate XXXIX from John Gabriel Stedman's *Voyage à Surinam, et dans l'intérieur de la Guyane* (Buisson, Paris, 1799). The engraving, measuring 18.5 cm by 13.5 cm on a sheet of handmade paper (approx. 26 x 19 cm), is one of the earliest printed depictions of a Jewish colony in the New World. It shows the landscape and possibly some buildings of the Jodensavanne settlement.