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Map of Halmahera and other of the northern Maluku islands, colour-coded by their administrative region, with the seas and passages between them named. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map of some of the Maluku islands around the Banda Sea, colour-coded by their administrative region, and with an elevation showing heights of mountains. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map of the Banda Islands, with a volcano on Goenong Api, two forts (‘Ft. Belgica’ and ‘Ft. Nassau’) on Neira, and a list of the heights of the mountains. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Atlas featuring over 60 detailed maps of the Dutch East Indies: 24 maps cover Java; the remainder cover the rest of the Dutch East Indies. There are three index maps. (All the maps in this atlas are also presented separately on this platform.)

Map of the Dutch colonial administrative region (residency) of Batavia (Jakarta, Java). Batavia Bay has bathymetry (sea depth) and shipping routes. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map of the Dutch colonial administrative region of Krawang (Karawang, Java). There is an elevation (side view) showing the heights of the region’s mountains. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map of part of the Dutch colonial administrative region of Manado, on the Minahasa Peninsula, Celebes (Sulawesi). Includes an elevation view of the mountains. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map of Dutch colonial territory in New Guinea and nearby islands, featuring the 1850 route of the Dutch schooner Circe under Lieutenant Brutel de la Rivière. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map featuring two maritime routes by Dutch explorers along the north coast of New Guinea: Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten (1616); and Abel Tasmanin (1648). (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Map of Borneo—with insets of Southeast Asia, Sarawak and Labuan—featuring temperature data, volcanoes, English colonial territory, products of Borneo, geology (rock types), bathymetry (sea depth) and elevations (side views of mountains with heights).

This map of Java and Madura uses hachures: short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain. Roads, railways and rivers are marked, as are anchor points and coral reefs (marked with letter ‘K.’ before their name).

A sheet of small maps and drawings of volcanoes, islands and hills, including the crater of Gedee volcano (Mount Gede or Gunung Gede) in Java.