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The continent and islands of Asia: with all the latest discoveries
1809
Vietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei
Southeast Asia is on the last sheet of this map of Asia. The South China Sea is labelled ‘Malayan Sea’. Small islands, shoals and reefs are shown. A label in Cochin China (Vietnam) reads ‘mountains inhabited by the uncivilized people called Kemoys’.
Asia
1814
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
An early 19th century map, with the regions of Southeast Asia marked with coloured borders: Malaya is red, indicating it is part of the British Empire; the orange borders around Sumatra, Borneo and Celebes show they are part of the Dutch East Indies.
Birman Empire
1824
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos
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.
Asia
1826
Brunei, East Timor, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of Asia is from the earliest version of ‘Stielers Handatlas’ by the German cartographers Adolf Stieler and Christian Gottlieb Reichard. The maps were initially published separately; later editions compiled them into book form.
Asia
1826
Brunei, East Timor, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of Asia is from the earliest version of ‘Stielers Handatlas’ by the German cartographers Adolf Stieler and Christian Gottlieb Reichard. The maps were initially published separately; later editions compiled them into book form.
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.
Die Ostindischen Inseln
1830
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of Southeast Asia highlighting European colonial possessions. Unusually, the south coast of the Philippine island of Mindanao is shown twice, reflecting uncertainty about its true location. Names of indigenous peoples are listed on Borneo.
Asien 1831
1831
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On this map of Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers: Russian, British, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish.
Asien 1831
1831
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On this map of Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers: Russian, British, Dutch, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish.
Birman Empire & countries south east of the Ganges
1831
Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of mainland Southeast Asia is divided into colour-coded regions. The Birman Empire (Myanmar) is the most detailed, with internal regions, rivers including the Irrawaddy, mountains and settlements marked.
- [remove]Vietnam84
- Myanmar74
- Laos73
- Thailand73
- Cambodia71
- Malaysia68
- Indonesia60
- Singapore60
- Brunei56
- Philippines54
- Southeast Asia50
- East Timor48
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- Siam57
- South China Sea57
- Sumatra56
- Borneo55
- Malay Peninsula55
- Celebes46
- Java46
- Sulawesi44
- Western New Guinea40
- Anam34
- Maluku Islands33
- Cochin China28
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- Stülpnagel, Friedrich von10
- Alt, Wilhelm4
- Arrowsmith, John4
- Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm4
- Berghaus, Hermann4
- Weber, Ph.4
- Wyld, James4
- Dower, John3
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- Justus Perthes18
- Adolf Stieler14
- Edward Stanford7
- Bibliographisches Institut6
- Stanford's Geographical Establishment5
- C.L. Brinkman3
- John Arrowsmith3
- Lemercier et Cie.3
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- London30
- Gotha18
- Edinburgh8
- Hildburghausen7
- Amsterdam3
- Paris3
- Eisenach2
- Leipzig2
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