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Plan de Salangor et de La Cote de Malaye: depuis la Pointe de Caran jusqu'au Mont Parcelar
1775
Malaysia
Map of the coast of Selangor on the west of the Malay Peninsula. The web of lines is a rhumbline network, the numbers indicate sea depth (bathymetry), and there are drawings of the side views of mountains (elevations), all to aid navigation.
Carte de la Côte de Pégou, et de celle de Martaban
1775
Myanmar
Navigation map of the coast of the ancient kingdom of Pégou and near the town of Martaban (Mottama), Myanmar. Bathymetry (sea depth), anchor points, notes on currents and obstructions are marked, and there are drawings of side views of coastal hills.
Plan de Salangor et de La Cote de Malaye: depuis la Pointe de Caran jusqu'au Mont Parcelar
1775
Malaysia
Map of the coast of Selangor on the west of the Malay Peninsula. The web of lines is a rhumbline network, the numbers indicate sea depth (bathymetry), and there are drawings of the side views of mountains (elevations), all to aid navigation.
Carte de la Côte de Pégou, et de celle de Martaban
1775
Myanmar
Navigation map of the coast of the ancient kingdom of Pégou and near the town of Martaban (Mottama), Myanmar. Bathymetry (sea depth), anchor points, notes on currents and obstructions are marked, and there are drawings of side views of coastal hills.
Nieuwe en Naukeurige Kaart der Oost-Indische Eilanden
1774
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Some regions on this map of Southeast have a descriptive label: New Guinea is described as unknown to Europeans; Borneo was abandoned by Europeans due to the ‘unmanageability’ of the inhabitants; the Philippines were discovered by Spain in 1565.
Nieuwe en Naukeurige Kaart der Oost-Indische Eilanden
1774
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Some regions on this map of Southeast have a descriptive label: New Guinea is described as unknown to Europeans; Borneo was abandoned by Europeans due to the ‘unmanageability’ of the inhabitants; the Philippines were discovered by Spain in 1565.
Nieuwe en naukeurige kaart der Oost-Indische Eilanden
c.1770
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Some regions on this map of Southeast have a descriptive label: Sumatra is described as having mines of gold, silver, iron, and sulphur; and elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses, dragons and crocodiles. Gilolo has rice, sago and turtles. Ambon has nutmeg.
Nieuwe en naukeurige kaart der Oost-Indische Eilanden
c.1770
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Some regions on this map of Southeast have a descriptive label: Sumatra is described as having mines of gold, silver, iron, and sulphur; and elephants, tigers, rhinoceroses, dragons and crocodiles. Gilolo has rice, sago and turtles. Ambon has nutmeg.
Nova Totius Asiae Tabula
c.1750
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This elaborately illustrated map of Asia is decorated with images of angels and cherubs, various figures dressed in colourful robes, wild animals, a procession including elephants and camels, and a double hemisphere world map.
Mapa de las Yslas Philipinas
1744
Indonesia, Philippines
First published in 1734, and commonly known as the ‘Velarde map’, this map by the Spanish cartographer Pedro Murillo Velarde is regarded as the first important map of the Philippines. This is a later version, lacking 12 drawings on the map's sides.
A new and accurate map of the Empire of the Great Mogul, together with India on both sides of the Ganges, and the adjacent countries
c.1740
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Notes on this map describe European colonial territories and trade with Asia, though this is concentrated around India, and mostly has not yet reached further east to ‘India extra Gangem [India beyond the Ganges]’ as Southeast Asia is labelled.
- Indonesia67
- Malaysia51
- Singapore45
- Myanmar39
- Vietnam38
- Cambodia36
- Laos36
- Thailand36
- East Timor35
- Philippines35
- Brunei33
- Southeast Asia33
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- Java47
- Sumatra45
- Malay Peninsula43
- Borneo39
- Sulawesi31
- Celebes29
- Siam28
- Malacca25
- Pegu23
- Western New Guinea22
- Maluku Islands20
- Insulae Philippinae19
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- Military Fort24
- Church13
- Kampong/Village11
- Residential Area11
- Hospital9
- Cemetery/Columbarium8
- Police Station4
- Jail/Prison3
- Missionary Building3
- Palace3
- Post Office3
- Public Space3
- Temple3
- Communal Land/Property2
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- [remove]Mountain/Volcano79
- Wild Animals37
- Jungle/Wooded Area30
- Wetlands19
- Mangrove3
- Homann, Johann Baptist6
- Linschoten, Jan Huygen van6
- Bowen, Emanuel5
- Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste d'4
- Bachiene, Willem Albert4
- Jansson, Jan4
- Ross, Daniel4
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon3
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- James Horsburgh6
- Chez Demonville4
- Gerard van Keulen4
- Hydrographische Bureau3
- C.A. Huskes2
- François L'Honoré & Compagnie2
- Hendrik Hondius2
- Herman Moll2
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- Amsterdam24
- London10
- Nuremberg6
- Paris6
- The Hague5
- Batavia3
- Singapore2
- Banda1
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