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Military cantonments: town and suburbs of Akyab, 1853-54
1866
Myanmar
Plan of British military installations in the port town of Akyab, Burma (Sittwe, Myanmar), featuring piers on the Kolladyne River (Kaladan River), hospitals, a work house, mission house, hotel, bazaar, burial grounds, religious buildings etc.
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.
Map of the Malay Peninsula 1879
1879
Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand
Six-sheet map of the Malay Peninsula, featuring settlements, mountains and rivers. Labels note names of indigenous peoples, or describe terrain/resources. There is an inset map of Singapore town, and the Straits Settlements are highlighted in red.
Kaart van de residentie Oostkust van Sumatra
1889
Indonesia
Detailed topographical map of the east coast of Sumatra, spread over 34 sheets. The area’s farms are listed and shown on the map, with types of crop grown. With five inset maps of individual towns. Two sheets and the cover sheet are missing.
Rough sketch plan of St. Joseph District, British New Guinea
1890
Papua New Guinea
Map of part of British New Guinea with notes on terrain (‘Swamp’), vegetation (‘Grass & wood patches with old gardens’) and people (‘Oru tribe’), and three elevation views of mountain ranges. Some villages are marked as having ‘resident teachers’.
Map of Singapore showing the principal residences and places of interest
1892
Singapore
Map of the city of Singapore, including the central civic/business area around the Singapore River, Fort Canning, Tanjong Pagar dock, and residential areas. The city is surrounded by villages and plantations (pineapple, fruit and vegetable, coconut).
- Dutch East Indies4
- Malay Peninsula4
- Tanjong Pagar4
- Fort Canning3
- Malacca3
- Penang3
- Perak3
- Province Wellesley3
- Singapore River3
- Singapore Town3
- Straits Settlements3
- Sumatra3
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- Hospital14
- Church13
- Kampong/Village13
- Residential Area13
- Cemetery/Columbarium12
- Jail/Prison12
- Police Station9
- Public Space9
- Mosque8
- Military Barracks7
- Court of Law6
- Temple6
- Military Fort5
- Missionary Building4
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- [remove]Market17
- Shopping Area11
- Warehouse7
- Factory6
- Office5
- Stanford's Geographical Establishment4
- Topographische Bureau3
- Intelligence Branch, War Office2
- Surveyor General's Office, Calcutta2
- Intelligence Division, War Office1
- Royal Asiatic Society1
- Royal Asiatic Society, Straits Settlements’ Branch1
- School of Military Engineering, Chatham1
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