The colonial government gave him the name Jacobus Duschman. The grant was made on 16 June 1859, was signed by the governor-general Charles Pierre Schimph and various other government officials from that date to 17 September 1859, and bears the official stamp of the colonial government. The reverse bears Jacobus Duschman's name, but probably not a signature. Browned and formerly folded, with some damage along the folds, four holes affecting the arms and printed text, and chips in the margin. The whole backed with tissue.
Alles opt naukeurigste opgestelt.
The whole coloured by an early hand. A large and rare sea chart of the rivers, coast and sand banks of Surinam, covering the entire coast and small bits of the present-day Guyana and French Guinea. The inset shows an enlargement of the mouth of the Surinam river, including the Dutch fort Zeelandia near Paramaribo. An impartial description of Surinam upon the continent of Guiana in America. Modern half calf.