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[Dutch Portolan chart of the Java Sea]
c.1700
Indonesia
Hand-drawn portolan (nautical) chart, featuring a rhumbline network (the web of interconnected lines), bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and reefs, elevations (side views of landmark mountains), and names of coastal settlements, all to aid navigation.
[Zuid-Chinese Zee]
1686
Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Early navigation map of the South China Sea. The web of lines is a rhumbline network, while the numbers indicate sea depth (bathymetry), both used to aid navigation. A route around the Gulf of Thailand is marked with text and the dates 1643 and 1644.
[Portolan chart of the South China Sea]
1679
Malaysia, Brunei, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam
A brightly-coloured hand-drawn map of the South China Sea. The compass is at the centre of a rhumbline network, a web of lines to aid navigation. Bathymetry (sea depth), islands, anchor points, shoals and reefs are also marked.
[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)).
- Indonesia28
- Malaysia18
- Cambodia8
- Philippines8
- Vietnam8
- East Timor7
- Singapore7
- Thailand7
- Brunei6
- Myanmar4
- Southeast Asia4
- Laos3
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- [remove]Borneo30
- Java17
- Sulawesi15
- Celebes14
- Java Sea14
- Sumatra13
- South China Sea11
- Malay Peninsula10
- Bangka9
- Dutch East Indies9
- Belitung8
- Bali7
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- [remove]Bathymetry30
- Maritime Route28
- Tide Data5
- Current Data1
- [remove]Compass Rose30
- Longitude and Latitude28
- Scale20
- Contour Lines/Elevation16
- Rhumbline Network11
- Written Note/Details4
- Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm6
- Après de Mannevillette, Jean-Baptiste d'5
- Jättnig, Wilhelm4
- Blaeu, Joan2
- Derfelden van Hinderstein, Gijsbert Franco von2
- Doorn, M.C. van2
- Wiemans, F.2
- Albernaz, João Teixeira1
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- Justus Perthes6
- Hydrographische Bureau4
- Roeloffzen en Hübner3
- C.A. Huskes2
- Charles Wilson2
- J.W. Norie & Wilson2
- Laurie & Whittle2
- Ministerie van Marine, Afdeeling Hydrographie2
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