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Algemeene kaart van Nederlandsch Oostindie
c.1839-1855
East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
This map of the Dutch East Indies is spread over eight sheets, with a hand-drawn cover sheet showing the whole area. There are numerous inset maps of islands, bays, cities etc. Two of the inset maps have a replacement map pasted over them.
Chart of the East India Islands: exhibiting the several passages between the Indian and Pacific Oceans
1824
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Myanmar
To aid navigation, this map shows small islands, shoals and reefs, maritime routes for use during monsoons or at particular times of the year, bathymetry (sea depth), past explorers’ routes, shipwrecks and text about monsoons, typhoons and currents.
A new chart of the eastern straits to China drawn from the best authorities
1800
Indonesia
Two maps of routes around the Flores and Banda seas—through the straits between the Lesser Sunda Islands and the Maluku Islands—towards China. Includes a rhumbline network—a web of lines to help plot routes—bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and reefs.
[Dutch portolan chart of the eastern Dutch East Indies]
1700
Indonesia, East Timor
This colourful hand-drawn portolan (nautical) chart was designed to aid navigation. It features a rhumbline network (the web of interconnected lines), bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and reefs, anchor points and written notes.
[Map of the East Indies]
1666
Vietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei
This mid-17th century map of Southeast Asia has a maritime focus, with shoals and reefs, and the coastal areas marked in great detail, while the interiors remain mostly blank. The Great Wall of China can be seen at the top of the map.
Mar di India
1644
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This mid-17th century map of Southeast Asia is from Isaac Commelin’s book describing the voyages of the Dutch East India Company ‘Begin ende voortgangh…’. There is an inset map of the island of Botton (Buton Island, southeast of Celebes (Sulawesi)).
- [remove]Indonesia8
- East Timor6
- Malaysia5
- Singapore5
- Brunei3
- Cambodia3
- Myanmar3
- Philippines3
- Southeast Asia3
- Thailand3
- Vietnam3
- Laos2
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- [remove]Western New Guinea8
- Sulawesi7
- Celebes6
- Java6
- Borneo5
- Sumatra5
- Java Sea4
- Malay Peninsula4
- Banda Islands3
- Dutch East Indies3
- Halmahera3
- Maluku Islands3
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- [remove]Bathymetry8
- Maritime Route5
- Current Data1
- [remove]Compass Rose8
- Longitude and Latitude7
- Scale4
- Contour Lines/Elevation3
- Rhumbline Network3
- Written Note/Details2
- Derfelden van Hinderstein, Gijsbert Franco von2
- Albernaz, João Teixeira1
- Arrowsmith, Aaron1
- Boers, C.J.1
- Bry, Johann Theodor de1
- Commelin, Isaac1
- Heather, William1
- Loon, H. van1
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