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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.
Map of Johore Territory 1893
1893
Malaysia, Singapore
Map of the Malay state of Johor, and Singapore. The route of a proposed railway north from Johor Bahru is shown. Apart from rivers and mountains, much of the terrain is blank, with labels such as ‘Unexplored Hill Country’ or ‘Dense Jungle and Swamp’.
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’.
Sumatra: Residentie Benkoelen (Bengkoelen)
c.1894-1895
Indonesia
Map of the residency of Benkoelen (Bengkulu, southwest coast of Sumatra), over 10 sheets, with an inset map of the city of Bengkoelen (Bengkulu). Types of crops—coconut, rice, alang-alang, nipah palm, coffee—are marked. Sheet number 8 is missing.
Kaart van de residentie Oostkust van Sumatra
1896
Indonesia
Detailed topographical map of the east coast of Sumatra, spread over 36 sheets. The area’s farms are listed and shown on the map within yellow borders, with types of crop grown. There is a detailed plan of Medan, and five inset maps of other towns.
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.
Kaart de residentie Wester-afdeeling van Borneo
1898
Indonesia
Topographical map of western Borneo, with inset maps of the islands off the west coast, and of the city of Pontianak including the docks and crops grown near the city (rice, coconut, mangosteen, sago, alang-alang, indigo plant, sugarcane, bamboo).
- Dutch East Indies6
- Sumatra4
- Borneo3
- Johore3
- Malay Peninsula3
- Java2
- Kedah2
- Kelantan2
- Malacca2
- Negeri Sembilan2
- Negri Sembilan2
- Padang2
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- [remove]Jail/Prison11
- [remove]Military Barracks11
- Hospital9
- Kampong/Village8
- Church7
- Police Station7
- Residential Area7
- Cemetery/Columbarium6
- Public Space6
- Temple6
- Military Fort5
- Mosque5
- Post Office5
- Palace3
- more Settlement Features »
- [remove]Longitude and Latitude11
- Scale10
- Contour Lines/Elevation8
- Written Note/Details3
- Compass Rose1