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Manila

event1899

location_onPhilippines

Plan of the city of Manila, Philippines, showing the streets and buildings—categorised as military, civil or religious—around the Pasig River. Maritime routes are highlighted on inset maps of Manila Bay, the Philippines and the world.

A map of British North Borneo

event1899

location_onMalaysia, Brunei, Indonesia

The colonial territories of British North Borneo are shown in pink on this late 19th century map, with Brunei and Sarawak in green, and Dutch colonial territory in yellow. Sea routes around the British Empire are depicted on an inset map.

Overzichtskaart van Groot-Atjeh en aangrenzende kuststaten

event1898

location_onIndonesia

Map of Groot-Atjeh (Aceh, Sumatra), focusing on the area around the capital Kota Radja (Banda Aceh) and along the coasts. There is a list of telephone connections in the area, and an inset map of the region divided into administrative districts.

Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië

eventc.1897-1904

location_onIndonesia

Very detailed atlas of the entire Dutch East Indies, over 16 map sheets, with a cover and overview map. Includes topographic maps, inset maps of cities and islands, and maps featuring land and sea routes, languages, geology, colonial territory etc.

A map of British North Borneo

event1894

location_onMalaysia, Brunei, Indonesia

The colonial territories of British North Borneo are shown in pink on this late 19th century map, with Brunei and Sarawak in green, and Dutch colonial territory in yellow. Sea routes around the British Empire are depicted on an inset map.

Trade Routes in the Far East

event1894

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Map of stream ship trade routes around Southeast Asia. Rivers, railways, submarine telegraph cables, lighthouses (fixed, revolving and flashing), graving docks and coaling stations are marked. An inset map shows a railway route from Britain to Asia.

British Burma, Pegu division: With additions to railways up to 1891

event1891

location_onMyanmar

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.

Topographische Kaart der residentie Bagelen

event1890

location_onIndonesia

The residency of Bagelen, Central Java, is shown divided into regencies and districts. Coffee, tea and cinnamon plantations, fields of rice, alang-alang and other crops, mountains, rivers, hot and mineral springs, settlements and routes are marked.

Sumatra

event1889

location_onIndonesia

Map of the city of Padang on the west coast of Sumatra, with inset maps of the nearby islands, featuring residential, business, government and military areas. There are also agricultural areas with coconut, nutmeg, bamboo, nipa palm and sago palm.

Topographische kaart der residentie Pasoeroean

event1887

location_onIndonesia

The residency of Pasoeroean (Pasuruan), East Java, featuring crops (coffee, cinchona (kina), rice, alang-alang, bamboo) and fishing ponds. Two inset maps: a triangulation map, and a map of distances between settlements by various types of transport.

A Map of South Eastern Asia from Peking to Singapore... with an enlarged plan of the environs of Hanoi, on the Red River

event1883

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Map of East Asia, with British colonial possessions—Burma, Straits Settlements, Labuan and British North Borneo—highlighted with red borders. There is also an inset map of the Red River (Hong River) running through Hanoi, Vietnam.

Topographische en geologische kaart van Zuid-Sumatra bevattende de residentien Bengkoelen, Palembang en Lampongsche Districten

event1880

location_onIndonesia

A topographical and geological map of southern Sumatra, over four sheets. Areas of igneous and sedimentary rock, coal, fossils, petroleum, active volcanoes and hot springs are marked, along with mountains, rivers and marshland, roads and settlements.

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