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The city of Batavia (Jakarta) with its port and castle is to the north (right side of the map). Koningsplein (Merdeka Square), a large area of rice paddies, graveyards and villages can be seen to the south (left). Copied from a c.1826 map.

Very detailed atlas of the entire Dutch East Indies, over 16 map sheets, with a cover and overview map. Includes topographic maps, inset maps of cities and islands, and maps featuring land and sea routes, languages, geology, colonial territory etc.

The residency of Batavia, West Java, featuring plantations (coffee, tea, coconut, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar); crops (rice, alang-alang, bamboo); fishing ponds; factories, warehouses, shops; routes, administrative borders; mountains, rivers, lakes.

Detailed topographical map of the east coast of Sumatra, spread over 36 sheets. The area’s farms are listed and shown on the map within yellow borders, with types of crop grown. There is a detailed plan of Medan, and five inset maps of other towns.

Map of the city of Padang, Sumatra, featuring roads, religious and military buildings, markets, warehouses and factories, and a railway station. Surrounding areas have villages and fields of rice, nutmeg, coconut, bamboo, alang-alang, sugarcane.

The residency of Soerabaja, East Java, featuring crops (coffee, coconut, sugarcane, rice, alang-alang, bamboo) and fishing ponds. Three inset maps: a triangulation map; a map of distances between settlements by types of transport; Bawean Island.

The lower half of this two-sheet topographic map of the residency of Tegal, Central Java is dominated by mountains, with the upper half split between forests and rice paddies, and the larger settlements near the coast.

The residency of Preanger (Parahyangan), West Java, with plantations (coconut, coffee, tea, cinchona (‘kina’), betel, teakwood, bamboo) and crops (rice, sugarcane, alang-alang). Two inset maps: a triangulation map, and a map of land route distances.

The residency of Djokjakarta (Yogyakarta), southern Java, featuring crops (coffee, sugar, rice, alang-alang, tobacco, indigo plants, nipa palm, bamboo); warehouses, cemeteries, post offices; routes, administrative borders; mountains, rivers.

Topographic map of the residency of Pekalongan (Central Java), divided into regencies (pink borders) and districts (yellow borders). Mountains, forests, settlements, routes, crops—alang-alang, coffee, sugar, rice—factories and warehouses are shown.

A large-scale map of northern Sumatra, spread over 16 sheets, and divided into administrative regions. The island of Nijas (Nias) is marked with the locations of local tribes, and there is a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.

A large-scale map of northern Sumatra, spread over 16 sheets, and divided into administrative regions. The island of Nijas (Nias) is marked with the locations of local tribes, and there is a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.