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Kaart van het gebied bezet in Groot-Atjèh
1898
Indonesia
A six-sheet map of Groot-Atjèh (Aceh, northern Sumatra) focusing on areas occupied during the Aceh War (1873–1904) between the Sultanate of Aceh and Dutch colonists. It shows military positions and fortifications, buildings, routes and crops.
Burma with parts of India, China and Siam
1888
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand
Map of Burma used as advertising by a clothing shop in Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar). There is a calendar with each day marked with an historic event. The map is labelled with indigenous peoples (uppercase red text) and products of each area.
Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië
c.1897-1904
Indonesia
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.
Map to illustrate the Siamese question: showing the present limits of French claims, and the additional territory now demanded
1893
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Map highlighting areas of eastern Siam (Thailand) claimed by France. Notes describe Siam’s geography, government, population, military and trade (rice, teak, pepper, bullocks, fish, hides, tin, cardamom, tin), including trading partners by tonnage.
Kaart van het middengedeelte van Sumatra
1890
Indonesia
Details of each area’s resources are printed on this map of Sumatra: rattan, coffee, pepper, Chinese cinnamon, tobacco, resins, camphor, cotton, coal, gold, lumber, elephants, horses, as well as the locals’ ethnicity (Malays, Javanese, Acehnese).
Kaart van den vierkanten paal (I en II) gouvernements grondgebied te Sintang
1888
Indonesia
The Kapoewas (Kapuas) and Melawi rivers converge on this map of the town of Sintang, Borneo. The town lines the river banks, and is surrounded by fields, forest and marshland. Arrows on the rivers mark the direction of their flow.
Kaart van den vierkanten paal gouvernements-grondgebied te Montrado
1887
Indonesia
A map of government land around the town of Montrado, Borneo, a gold mining centre in the 19th century, as shown by the number of gold mines (‘goudmijn’) marked. There are also crops—coconut, alang-alang, bamboo—and agricultural and fish ponds.
Burma: with parts of India, China, and Siam
1886
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand
Map of Burma labelled with indigenous peoples (uppercase red text) and products (salt, copper, tea, rubies, coal, rubber, petroleum, marble, jade, silver) of each area. It also marks two journeys by the explorer J. Annan Bryce, and proposed railways.
Borneo
1851
Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Philippines, East Timor, Vietnam, Brunei, Indonesia
Map of Borneo—with insets of Southeast Asia, Sarawak and Labuan—featuring temperature data, volcanoes, English colonial territory, products of Borneo, geology (rock types), bathymetry (sea depth) and elevations (side views of mountains with heights).
Borneo
1851
Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Philippines, East Timor, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brunei
Map of Borneo—with insets of Southeast Asia, Sarawak and Labuan—featuring temperature data, volcanoes, English colonial territory, products of Borneo, geology (rock types), bathymetry (sea depth) and elevations (side views of mountains with heights).
Birman Empire
1829
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
This map of the Burman Empire (Myanmar) features mountains, forests and rivers, as well as borders with Siam (Thailand) and Laos. Text notes how far up rivers boats can reach (‘Boats reach hither from the Sea’), ruby mines and rice fields.
- Dutch East Indies8
- Borneo5
- Siam5
- Pegu4
- Sumatra4
- Lower Burma3
- Upper Burma3
- Arakan2
- Arracan2
- Assam2
- Banda Aceh2
- Birman Empire2
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- Cemetery/Columbarium5
- Temple4
- Church3
- Kampong/Village3
- Military Barracks3
- Jail/Prison2
- Military Fort2
- Mosque2
- Residential Area2
- Communal Land/Property1
- Court of Law1
- Hospital1
- Palace1
- Police Station1
- more Settlement Features »
- [remove]Contour Lines/Elevation13
- Longitude and Latitude12
- Scale12
- Written Note/Details7
- Moffatt, John2
- Petermann, August Heinrich2
- Smellie2
- Bryce, J. Annan1
- Eckstein, Charles1
- Johnston, Keith (A.K.)1
- Johnston, William1
- Sharbau, Henry1
- more Map Maker »
- Topographische Bureau4
- John Thomson2
- Thomson's New General Atlas2
- W. & A.K. Johnston2
- Departement van Koloniën1
- Rowe & Co.1
- Royal Geographical Society1
- T. Ettling1
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