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Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Indiae Orientalis nova descriptio

eventc.1633-1636

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

The outline of the island of New Guinea is very vague on this early 17th century map of Southeast Asia. The cartouche is decorated with two figures of Asian warriors: one holds a spear, the other a sword. There are also drawings of mermaids.

Descriptio Malaccae

eventc.1600-1699

location_onMalaysia, Singapore, Indonesia

Latin text on the reverse of this map describes Malacca, including crops and products (rice, pepper, spices, pearls), precious metals (gold, silver and tin), and animals (sheep, elephant), showing the city’s importance to European trade at the time.

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