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Physikalische Karte von Asien
1881
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Crops are marked on this map of Asia: Sumatra and Java have sugar, coffee, tea; the Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands have cinnamon, nutmeg and clove; mainland Southeast Asia has sugar and cotton. Arrows on the sea indicate currents.
Physikalische Karte von Asien
1881
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Crops are marked on this map of Asia: Sumatra and Java have sugar, coffee, tea; the Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands have cinnamon, nutmeg and clove; mainland Southeast Asia has sugar and cotton. Arrows on the sea indicate currents.
Ostindische Inseln
c.1870
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On this map of Southeast Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers. On Borneo, the names of indigenous peoples are listed (‘Dayak’s, Papua’s, Bugi’s’).
Ostindische Inseln
c.1870
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On this map of Southeast Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers. On Borneo, the names of indigenous peoples are listed (‘Dayak’s, Papua’s, Bugi’s’).
Charte de l'Asie
1800
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
The cartouche on this early 19th century map of Asia features a drawing of an Asian merchant smoking a long pipe while standing with his goods. Behind are a camel and an elephant surrounded by greenery and palm trees.
East Indies
c.1800-1899
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Longitude is indicated in two different ways on this mid-18th century map: along the top border, it is shown in degrees (number of degrees east of London); more unusually, along the bottom border, it is shown in time (number of hours east of London).
Bowles's new one-sheet map of Asia, divided into its empires, kingdoms, states, and other subdivisions
1795
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
A late 18th century map of Asia published in London by John Bowles, with regions indicated by colour. Central Borneo is labelled ‘Part inhabited by the Biayos’, which is seen on many contemporary maps, often with the comment ‘a savage people’.
Asie divisée en ses Empires, Royaumes et Etats
1794
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of Asia features a decorative cartouche with drawings of two women—one with a cornucopia and one with a censer (incense burner)—and a French coat of arms. Interestingly, the map is dated 1792, during the French Revolution.
Present Asia
1783
Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei
Coloured borders divide this late 18th century map of Asia into empires, kingdoms and regions. Five major rivers that flow south through mainland Southeast Asia are named: Aua, Pegu, Tenasserim, Menan and Camboya.
A map of the East Indies
1780
East Timor, Southeast Asia, Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore
A 19th century map concentrating on Southeast Asia and India. The island of Borneo is annotated with the text 'The Inland Part of this Island is inhabited by the Biayos a savage People'.
- [remove]Brunei60
- Indonesia60
- Malaysia60
- Singapore60
- Cambodia54
- Thailand54
- East Timor49
- Philippines49
- Southeast Asia48
- Vietnam48
- Laos42
- Myanmar42
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- [remove]Malacca60
- [remove]Sumatra60
- [remove]Sunda Islands60
- Borneo59
- Java57
- Malay Peninsula48
- Sulawesi48
- Maluku Islands39
- Siam35
- Celebes34
- Western New Guinea30
- Isles de la Sonde26
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- Longitude and Latitude60
- [remove]Scale60
- Compass Rose27
- Written Note/Details5
- Contour Lines/Elevation4
- Rhumbline Network2
- Sanson, Nicolas10
- Moll, Herman6
- Bowen, Emanuel5
- Sanson, Guillaume4
- Jaillot, Alexis Hubert3
- Lodge, John3
- Robert de Vaugondy, Gilles3
- Bachiene, Willem Albert2
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- Alexis Hubert Jaillot10
- Isaak Tirion6
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier3
- Thomas and John Bowles3
- Bibliographisches Institut2
- Brockhaus2
- Chez Fortin2
- Justus Perthes2
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- London13
- Amsterdam10
- Paris10
- France4
- Gotha2
- Hildburghausen2
- Leipzig2
- Augsburg1
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