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A new and accurate map of the East India Islands: laid down according to the latest discoveries, and agreeable to the most approved maps & charts
1750
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This mid-18th century map of Southeast Asia includes written notes on goods produced and traded, geographical features, and wild animals found in each part of the region.
Carte des Indes Orientales
1748
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This mid-18th century map features a label noting that the Byayos people inhabited the mountains of central Borneo. Another note at the northeast tip of Borneo states that the location and number of islands in the area is uncertain.
Der Hollaendisch-Ostindianischen Compagnie weltberühmte Haupt-Handels und Niederlags: Stadt Batavia
1747
Indonesia
The legend and written notes on this plan of Batavia (Jakarta) provide much detailed information about the important port city in the early 18th century. It is also beautifully decorated with paintings of the city, local people, animals and ships.
A plan of the city and castle of Batavia
1746
Indonesia
A mid-18th century plan of Batavia (Jakarta), the main port of the Dutch East India Company's trading network in Southeast Asia. Ships can be seen transporting goods along ‘The Great River’ to the sea, overseen by Batavia Castle at the river’s mouth.
Plan d'Amboine, tel qu'il étoit en 1718 = Platte-grond van Amboina, zoo als het was in den jaare 1718
c.1746-1770
Indonesia
This colourful mid-18th century plan of the city of Amboine (Ambon, capital of Ambon Island, in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia) has a detailed legend identifying locations within the city and the surrounding mountains. The text is in French and Dutch.
A new and accurate map of the East India Islands: laid down according to the latest discoveries, and agreeable to the most approved maps & charts
c.1744-1747
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This mid-18th century map of Southeast Asia includes written notes on goods produced and traded, geographical features, and wild animals found in each part of the region.
Particular-see-charte der Strass Sunda, nebst denen darinnen befindlichen insulen und sandbäncken
1744
Indonesia
A navigation map of part of the north coast of Java, featuring the ports of Batavia (Jakarta) and Bantam (Serang). Includes colourful paintings of a ‘menschen fressers [cannibal]’ island, Javanese people and palm trees (dates, banana, coconut).
India orientalis, cum adjacentibus insulis
1740
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This mid-18th century map of Asia features a drawing of religious imagery: Asian people are seen making offerings to two figures, including the Greek god Poseidon (or the Roman god Neptune), and kneeling as cherubs descend from the sky.
- [remove]National Library Board Singapore66
- Filter from 1596 to 1772
- Indonesia65
- Malaysia39
- Singapore38
- Brunei35
- Cambodia35
- Laos35
- Philippines35
- Southeast Asia35
- Thailand35
- Vietnam35
- East Timor34
- Myanmar34
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- Java48
- Sumatra43
- Borneo42
- Sulawesi34
- Celebes31
- Malacca31
- Malay Peninsula27
- Pegu24
- Siam23
- Western New Guinea21
- Iava20
- Maluku Islands18
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- Military Fort16
- Residential Area13
- Kampong/Village8
- Church7
- Hospital6
- Palace6
- Public Space5
- Temple4
- Cemetery/Columbarium2
- Jail/Prison2
- Well2
- Communal Land/Property1
- Court of Law1
- Missionary Building1
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- Wit, Frederik de7
- Jansson, Jan6
- Bellin, Jacques Nicolas4
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon4
- Bry, Theodor de4
- Dudley, Sir Robert4
- Lodewycksz, Willem4
- Lucini, Antonio Francesco4
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- Francesco Onofri4
- Pieter van der Aa4
- A. and J. Churchill2
- Gerard Valck2
- Hendrik Hondius2
- Homann Heirs2
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier2
- Johann Baptist Homann2
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- Amsterdam30
- London11
- Frankfurt5
- Florence4
- Leiden4
- Paris4
- Nuremberg3
- Augsburg1
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