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Borneo Insula

event1706

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia

An early map of the island of Borneo, depicting the natural landscape of mountains, forests, rivers and shoals, and also evidence of human habitation with houses representing settlements.

Borneo Insula

event1602

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia

An early map of the island of Borneo, depicting the natural landscape of mountains, forests, rivers and shoals, and also evidence of human habitation with houses representing settlements, and a port and shipping route along the northern coast.

Nova tabula insularum Iavae, Sumatrae, Borneonis et aliarum Mallaccam usquae

event1601

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Singapore

Adapted by Theodore de Bry from an original by Willem Lodewycksz, this map has some inaccuracies e.g. the Malay Peninsula (‘Chersonese’) is completely bisected by the Muar River, leaving the southern tip of the peninsula as a separate island.

Descriptio hydrographica accommodata ad battavorum navagatione in Javam insulam Indiæ Orientalis

eventc.1599-1628

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

This map shows the route of the first Dutch expedition to Southeast Asia in 1595-7. Led by Cornelis de Houtman, it was an attempt to enter the spice trade. The route crosses east over the Indian Ocean, circles the island of Java, and returns west.

Nova tabula insularum Iavae, Sumatrae, Borneonis et aliarum Mallaccam usquae

event1598

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Singapore

Adapted by Theodore de Bry from an original by Willem Lodewycksz, this map has some inaccuracies e.g. the Malay Peninsula (‘Chersonese’) is completely bisected by the Muar River, leaving the southern tip of the peninsula as a separate island.

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