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The continent and islands of Asia: with all the latest discoveries
1809
Vietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei
Southeast Asia is on the last sheet of this map of Asia. The South China Sea is labelled ‘Malayan Sea’. Small islands, shoals and reefs are shown. A label in Cochin China (Vietnam) reads ‘mountains inhabited by the uncivilized people called Kemoys’.
A New Chart of the Eastern Straits, or the Straits to the East of Java, with a part of the Banda Sea
1798
East Timor, Indonesia
A late 18th century maritime navigation map of the straits east of Java, with drawings of the elevations of the straits. The map is also marked with routes of explorers, including the return of Captain Cook’s HMS Endeavour from Australia in 1770.
Particular-see-charte der Strass Sunda, nebst denen darinnen befindlichen insulen und sandbäncken
1744
Indonesia
A navigation map of part of the north coast of Java, featuring the ports of Batavia (Jakarta) and Bantam (Serang). Includes colourful paintings of a ‘menschen fressers [cannibal]’ island, Javanese people and palm trees (dates, banana, coconut).
Royaume de Siam, avec les Royaumes qui luy sont Tributaires, et les Isles de Sumatra, Andemaon etc.
1742
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Map marking the routes through maritime Southeast Asia of two delegations: a French delegation from Brest, France to Siam in 1685; and a Siamese delegation from Siam to Brest in 1686. A note next to Aceh records a sea battle against Portugal in 1616.
L'Asie dressée sur les observations de Mrs. de l'Academie Royale de Sciences
1730
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map features maritime routes: between Siam and Batavia; and five routes of the explorers Juan Gaetan and Olivier du Nord (dated 1542) east of the Philippines. The cartouche has a colourful illustration of Asian people in traditional costume.
Deese wassende pas-kaart van Oost-Indien, is nu te bekoomen voor die deselve begeeren
c.1728-1738
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of the Indian Ocean dominated by a rhumbline network—a web of interconnected lines used to help plot routes—with a compass rose at the centre. At the top there are (incomplete) drawings of people with text in Dutch, French, English and Spanish.
[Portolan chart of the Gulf of Siam]
1697
Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia
A brightly-coloured hand-drawn map of the Gulf of Siam, made for a ship’s captain. The elaborate compass roses are the centre of a rhumbline network, a web of lines to aid navigation. Bathymetry (sea depth), islands, shoals and reefs are also marked.
- Indonesia8
- Cambodia5
- Malaysia5
- Thailand5
- Vietnam5
- Brunei4
- East Timor4
- Laos4
- Myanmar4
- Singapore4
- Philippines3
- Southeast Asia3
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- Java7
- Malay Peninsula5
- Borneo4
- Sulawesi4
- Sumatra4
- Celebes3
- Malacca3
- Maluku Islands3
- Sunda Islands3
- Banda Sea2
- Batavia2
- Gannan2
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- Barber, Captain Stephen1
- Bye, Joseph1
- Coronelli, Vincenzo1
- Fitzhugh, Augustine1
- Heydt, Johann Wolfgang1
- Hofer, Andreas1
- Lans, P.C.1
- Nieuhof, Johannes1
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- Laurie & Whittle2
- A. Guyot1
- A. and J. Churchill1
- James Whittle1
- Jean Baptiste Nolin1
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier1
- Johannes Loots1
- Johannes van Keulen1
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