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Map of the Island of Singapore and its dependencies
1898
Singapore
Map of Singapore Island, divided into Districts, including the surrounding islands and straits. The city centre, roads and forests are marked. MacRitchie Reservoir is at the centre of the island, with coconut plantations along the east coast.
Plan of the town and suburbs of Rangoon
c.1895-1897
Myanmar
Detailed plan of the city of Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) with commercial, religious, government and military buildings, surrounded by lakes, fields of crops and villages. Someone has drawn details on the map of areas that have undergone ‘levelling’.
Sketch map shewing the rivers and an outline of the coast... Gulf of Papua, British New Guinea
1892
Papua New Guinea
Map of part of the west coast of the Gulf of Papua, with islands, river mouths, shoals, bathymetry (water depth), notes to aid navigation. On land, notes on terrain (‘Limestone Hill’), vegetation (‘Pandanus & Nipa Palms’) and people (‘Paia Tribe’).
Map of part of south-east New Guinea embracing its northern and southern waters
1889
Papua New Guinea
This map focuses on the southern coast including the capital Port Moresby, with the northern regions left mostly blank. There are four inset drawings of side views of mountains (elevations), and the border with German New Guinea is marked.
Schetskaart der afdeeling Westkust van Atjeh
1888
Indonesia
From a Dutch geographical society journal, this map of the west coast of Atjeh (Aceh), Sumatra, shows shoals, reefs, bathymetry (sea depth) and anchor points. On land, there are mountains (with heights), rivers, pepper plantations and rice fields.
Algemeene kaart van Nederlandsch Oostindie
c.1839-1855
East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
This map of the Dutch East Indies is spread over eight sheets, with a hand-drawn cover sheet showing the whole area. There are numerous inset maps of islands, bays, cities etc. Two of the inset maps have a replacement map pasted over them.
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.
- Indonesia72
- Malaysia43
- East Timor40
- Singapore40
- Brunei36
- Philippines36
- Vietnam36
- Myanmar35
- Cambodia34
- Laos34
- Southeast Asia34
- Thailand34
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- Java53
- Sumatra49
- Borneo45
- Sulawesi41
- Malay Peninsula37
- Celebes35
- Pegu33
- Siam31
- Malacca30
- Western New Guinea29
- Insulae Philippinae22
- Maluku Islands22
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- [remove]Jungle/Wooded Area78
- Mountain/Volcano77
- Wild Animals27
- Wetlands12
- Mangrove1
- Wit, Frederik de10
- Jansson, Jan7
- Homann, Johann Baptist6
- Valentyn, François6
- Keyser, Jacob5
- Reland, Adriaan5
- Bachiene, Willem Albert4
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon4
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- Gerard onder de Linden6
- Gerard van Keulen6
- Johannes van Braam5
- Gerard Valck4
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier4
- Peter Schenk4
- Pieter van der Aa3
- François L'Honoré & Compagnie2
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- Amsterdam46
- Nuremberg6
- Leiden4
- London3
- The Hague3
- Dordrecht2
- Augsburg1
- Banda1
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