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Insularum Indiæ orientalis nova descriptio
c.1700
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
The outline of the island of New Guinea is very vague on this early 17th century map of Southeast Asia. The cartouche is decorated with two figures of Asian warriors: one holds a spear, the other a sword. There are also drawings of mermaids.
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Insularum Indiæ orientalis nova descriptio
c.1700
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
The outline of the island of New Guinea is very vague on this early 17th century map of Southeast Asia. The cartouche is decorated with two figures of Asian warriors: one holds a spear, the other a sword. There are also drawings of mermaids.
![](https://historicalmaps.yale-nus.edu.sg/rails/active_storage/representations/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBBaWtDIiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--36b4f6f451a11b807b7317fb75695851f9bf30f9/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCam9MY21WemFYcGxTU0lNTkRBd2VETXdNQVk2QmtWVSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoidmFyaWF0aW9uIn19--bc467f5637e8b6d3bfb826116f92b6bfedfbf03a/nlb-B26055986H.jpeg)
Indiae orientalis, nec non insularum adiacentium
1698
Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei
The cartouche on this map of Asia is decorated with a colourful painting illustrating the region’s commerce, with Asian merchants displaying an assortment of goods, including jewellery, porcelain vessels and figurines, textiles and exotic animals.
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Indiæ Orientalis nec non Insularum Adiacentium Nova Descriptio
1685
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
The cartouche on this map of Asia is decorated with a colourful painting illustrating the region’s commerce, with Asian merchants displaying an assortment of goods, including jewellery, porcelain vessels and figurines, textiles and exotic animals.
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Insvlarvm Bandanensivm: novißima delineatio
c.1680-1709
Indonesia
A navigation map of the Banda Islands marked with bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and anchor points. On the island of Goenonghapy (Banda Api), a volcano erupts (‘api’ means ‘fire’ in Indonesian), and there is a military fort (‘Campa Nga’) on Nera.
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Insula Borneo et occidentalis pars Celebis cum adjacentibus insulis
c.1680-1709
Indonesia
The orientation of this map is unusual, with north to the right, so the west coast of Borneo is at the top. Its cartouche is decorated with drawings of seafaring people, and the scale with cherubs playing with cartography tools such as callipers.
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India quae Orientalis dicitur, et insvlae adiacentes
1664
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
French text on the reverse of this map describes the religion, languages, crops, trade etc. of Aracam and Pegu (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand), Cambaja (Cambodia). The map is dedicated to the Dutch merchant Christophoro Thisio.
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Insula Borneo et occidentalis pars Celebis cum adjacentibus insulis
1657
Indonesia
The orientation of this map is unusual, with north to the right, so the west coast of Borneo is at the top. Its cartouche is decorated with drawings of seafaring people, and the scale with cherubs playing with cartography tools such as callipers.
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Svmatrae et insularum locorumque nonnullorum circumiacentium tabula noua
c.1657-1680
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
Mountains and jungles are shown pictorially on this map of Sumatra and surrounding islands. The cartouche is decorated with Asian warriors; the scale with cherubs playing with cartography tools. From Jan Jansson’s Latin edition of ‘Atlas Maritimus’.
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India quae Orientalis dicitur, et insvlae adiacentes
c.1645-1658
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
German text on the reverse of this map describes the populations, crops, trade etc. of Sumatra, Borneo, Philippines, and Banda Islands. There are drawings of sailing ships, and the map is dedicated to the Dutch merchant Christophoro Thisio.
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Molvccae insvlae celeberrimae
c.1640-1655
Indonesia
This small island chain off the west coast of Gilolo (Halmahera in the Maluku Islands, Indonesia), was an important area for the spice trade. Latin text on the reverse describes the trade/islands. North is located to the right, rather than the top.
- [remove]Indonesia13
- Malaysia8
- Singapore8
- Brunei7
- Cambodia7
- East Timor7
- Laos7
- Myanmar7
- Philippines7
- Southeast Asia7
- Thailand7
- Vietnam7
- Borneo9
- Sulawesi9
- Sumatra8
- East Indies7
- Malacca7
- Malay Peninsula7
- Pegu7
- Siam7
- Celebes6
- Java6
- Western New Guinea6
- Archipelago of St Lazarus5
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- [remove]Jungle/Wooded Area13
- Mountain/Volcano13
- Wild Animals5
- Jansson, Jan7
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon3
- Hondius, Hendrik2
- Thisio, Christophoro2
- Visscher, Nicolaes2
- Blaeu, Joan1
- Hondius, Jodocus1
- Loon, J. van1
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