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Sketch showing positions of 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 8th Corps, in operations against Manila
1900
Philippines
Created by the U.S. Army, this map of a small area south of Manila records Spanish and American trenches and troop and gun locations on the last day of the Spanish–American War (13 August 1898). Ground conditions (swamps, jungle, fields) are noted.
Map of the Island of Singapore and its dependencies
1898
Singapore
Map of Singapore Island, divided into Districts, including the surrounding islands and straits. The city centre, roads and forests are marked. MacRitchie Reservoir is at the centre of the island, with coconut plantations along the east coast.
Plan of the town and suburbs of Rangoon
c.1895-1897
Myanmar
Detailed plan of the city of Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) with commercial, religious, government and military buildings, surrounded by lakes, fields of crops and villages. Someone has drawn details on the map of areas that have undergone ‘levelling’.
British Burma, Pegu division: With additions to railways up to 1891
1891
Myanmar
Topographical map of the Pegu Division of British Burma (Myanmar), spread over four sheets. In addition to mountains, forests, rivers and wetlands, rice fields, routes (road, railway, path, telegraph), villages and pagodas are marked.
Military cantonments: town and suburbs of Akyab, 1853-54
1866
Myanmar
Plan of British military installations in the port town of Akyab, Burma (Sittwe, Myanmar), featuring piers on the Kolladyne River (Kaladan River), hospitals, a work house, mission house, hotel, bazaar, burial grounds, religious buildings etc.
Map of the Eastern Frontier of British India, with the adjacent countries
1838
Myanmar, Thailand
Regional and local borders are colour-coded, with mountains and rivers, settlements, paths/roads and names of local peoples marked. Notes such as ‘Gold dust found in these streams’ and ‘Rich in Tin’ add detail. Only two of four sheets are available.
- Burma3
- Manila2
- Akyab1
- Arakan1
- Arracan1
- Arrakan1
- Assam1
- Ayeyarwady River1
- Bassein1
- Batangas1
- Bay of Bengal1
- British Burma1
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- Kampong/Village8
- Residential Area5
- Hospital4
- Military Barracks4
- Temple4
- Cemetery/Columbarium3
- Jail/Prison3
- Missionary Building3
- Police Station3
- Church2
- Mosque2
- Public Space2
- Communal Land/Property1
- Military Fort1
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- [remove]Road9
- River8
- Path6
- Railway/Tramway3
- Telegraph/Telephone3
- Bridge1
- Canal1
- [remove]Jungle/Wooded Area9
- Mountain/Volcano6
- Wetlands6
- Mangrove1
- Akber, Golam1
- Cuylenburg, John van1
- Edgcome, Captain W.H.1
- Fitzroy, 2nd Captain Ferdinand1
- Hagadorn, Charles Baldwin1
- McNair, John Frederick Adolphus1
- Porteaus, A.1
- Robinson, William Cleaver Francis1
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