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The external trade routes of India: with tables showing the amount and value of the principal exports and imports of the chief Indian sea ports and frontier states
1886
Myanmar, Thailand
This map of the trade routes of India includes Burma (Myanmar) and part of Siam (Thailand). The Rangoon and Irrawaddy Valley State Railway is marked. There are tables showing the values of imports and exports for each area, listed by produce type.
A map of the prevailing languages and dialects of India and its borders
1885
Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia
A late 19th century map showing the languages and dialects spoken in and around India, including regions of Siam, Burma and Malaya. The regions are colour-coded by language and bordered by red lines to indicate different dialects.
Mer des Indes: cartes de la direction et de l'intensité probables des vents
1880
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore
A series of four maps of the Indian Ocean—one for each quarter of the calendar year—showing the direction and intensity of the winds, including around the seas of Southeast Asia. There are extensive explanatory notes.
A language map of Further India and the Indian Archipelago
1878
Southeast Asia, Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia
A map of Southeast Asia coloured to indicate the five different language families spoken in the region in the late 19th century. Names of indigenous tribes/languages are marked in red text, with European colonial possessions in grey.
A language map of Further India and the Indian Archipelago
1878
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
A map of Southeast Asia coloured to indicate the five different language families spoken in the region in the late 19th century. Names of indigenous tribes/languages are marked in red text, with European colonial possessions in grey.
Asiatic archipelago
1876
Vietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei
This late 19th century map of Southeast Asia shows the best maritime routes around the region, according to the time of year. There are also inset maps highlighting the rivers and southern islands of Singapore, and the sea depth around Labuan Island.
Burmah, Siam and Cochin China
1875
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
This map of mainland Southeast Asia features short texts noting mines, trade routes and travel times (‘5 to 7 days on Elephants’), history (‘conquered by the King of Siam 1809’), peoples (‘states tributary to the Chinese’) and products (‘Tea Tree’).
A map shewing the various routes proposed for connecting China with India and Europe through Burmah and developing the trade of Eastern Bengal, Burmah and China
1875
Myanmar, Thailand
A map of proposed trade routes through Burmah (modern Myanmar) intended to connect China to India and Europe. The border between India and Burmah is marked as being ‘unexplored’ and ‘undefined’. A table lists the distances between various cities.
Eastern Bengal, Burmah and parts of China and Siam
1871
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
The routes of nine expeditions (1830 to 1869) are marked on this map. There are also short notes about trading (e.g. at Oonoung in Burmah: ‘A bazaar, with a great variety of European goods’), and a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.
[Manuscript map of Asia and Australia]
1870
Southeast Asia, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
On this hand-drawn and coloured map of Asia, the colours differentiate the colonial territories of the European powers: for example, New Guinea is divided into Dutch, British and German areas, and Borneo is split between the British and Dutch.
Nederlandsch Oost-Indië
1865
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Singapore, Philippines, Papua New Guinea
This detailed map of the Dutch East Indies in the mid-19th century contains a great deal of information: topographical details, settlements and administrative areas, roads, railways and maritime routes, telegraph lines, inset maps etc.
- Myanmar84
- Thailand84
- Malaysia70
- Cambodia66
- Laos66
- Vietnam66
- Indonesia64
- Singapore63
- Brunei59
- Philippines59
- Southeast Asia58
- East Timor56
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- [remove]Siam84
- Sumatra63
- Borneo59
- Java58
- Malay Peninsula58
- Sulawesi53
- Celebes49
- Pegu37
- Western New Guinea35
- Malacca34
- Maluku Islands27
- Cochin China26
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- [remove]Written Note/Details84
- Longitude and Latitude78
- Scale64
- Compass Rose34
- Contour Lines/Elevation27
- Rhumbline Network12
- Homann, Johann Baptist7
- Johnston, Keith (A.K.)7
- Johnston, William7
- Arrowsmith, John6
- Bowen, Emanuel6
- Linschoten, Jan Huygen van6
- Moll, Herman6
- Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm5
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- Survey of India Offices, Calcutta10
- Edward Stanford5
- William Blackwood & Sons5
- John Arrowsmith3
- John King3
- Philip Overton3
- Richard Holmes Laurie3
- Thomas Bowles3
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- London31
- Edinburgh9
- Amsterdam7
- Nuremberg6
- Weimar2
- Basel1
- Calcutta1
- Dehradun1
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