Linked Open Data for Colonial Archives
De Suriname Tijdmachine brengt verspreide historische bronnen samen
Explore 1,596 historical plantations across Suriname through CIDOC-CRM modeled linked data. Connect maps, almanacs, and emancipation registers into a unified knowledge graph.
This website is still under development and may contain errors. We ask users to keep in mind that colonial sources can be hurtful.
Database at a Glance
The dataset spans 38,000+ entities modeled with CIDOC-CRM, linking physical plantations to their operators, locations, and historical sources.
1,596
Plantations
E25 Human-Made Features
934
Organizations
E74 with Wikidata Q-IDs
22,999
Observations
Annual almanac records
7,062
Name Variants
E41 Appellations
30
Sources
Maps, almanacs, registers
4,154
Provenance Records
Full audit trails
Universal Source Pattern
Plantation (Physical Site)
The central entity. Maps depict plantations; plantations have locations. Connected to E53 Place via P53, to E74 Organization via P52.
Organization (Legal Entity)
Who owns or operates the plantation. Identified by Wikidata Q-IDs. Linked to annual observations from the Surinaamse Almanakken.
Place (Location / Geometry)
Where the plantation is. Polygons from the 1930 QGIS map, reprojected from EPSG:31170 to WGS84. Linked to E25 via P53.