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Kaart van het gebied bezet in Groot-Atjèh
1898
Indonesia
A six-sheet map of Groot-Atjèh (Aceh, northern Sumatra) focusing on areas occupied during the Aceh War (1873–1904) between the Sultanate of Aceh and Dutch colonists. It shows military positions and fortifications, buildings, routes and crops.
Burma with parts of India, China and Siam
1888
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand
Map of Burma used as advertising by a clothing shop in Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar). There is a calendar with each day marked with an historic event. The map is labelled with indigenous peoples (uppercase red text) and products of each area.
Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië
c.1897-1904
Indonesia
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.
Map to illustrate Mr. W.R.D. Beckett's route, Novr. 1891-April 1892
1893
Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
The route of W.R.D. Beckett between Bangkok and Saigon, partly along the Mekong River, is marked on this map, along with trade routes, police posts, mines (copper, iron, gold), and products (the spice cardamom, and resin benzoin (‘Gumbenjamin’)).
Map to illustrate the Siamese question: showing the present limits of French claims, and the additional territory now demanded
1893
Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Map highlighting areas of eastern Siam (Thailand) claimed by France. Notes describe Siam’s geography, government, population, military and trade (rice, teak, pepper, bullocks, fish, hides, tin, cardamom, tin), including trading partners by tonnage.
Kaart van het middengedeelte van Sumatra
1890
Indonesia
Details of each area’s resources are printed on this map of Sumatra: rattan, coffee, pepper, Chinese cinnamon, tobacco, resins, camphor, cotton, coal, gold, lumber, elephants, horses, as well as the locals’ ethnicity (Malays, Javanese, Acehnese).
Kaart der Concessiën in het Landschap Sambas (Wester-Afdeeling van Borneo)
1890
Indonesia
Map of the Sambas Regency on the west coast of Borneo, divided into parcels of land which are labelled with the names of businesses that have been issued with concessions: yellow borders denote agricultural concessions; red are mining concessions.
Kaart van den Nederlandsch-Indischen Archipel
1890
Indonesia, East Timor, Brunei, Cambodia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
The seas of the Dutch East Indies are the focus of this map, with maritime routes, sea temperature, sea depth, currents and monsoons shown. There are graphs of population by ethnicity, agriculture and livestock, trade and shipping, and trade exports.
Kaart van den vierkanten paal (I en II) gouvernements grondgebied te Sintang
1888
Indonesia
The Kapoewas (Kapuas) and Melawi rivers converge on this map of the town of Sintang, Borneo. The town lines the river banks, and is surrounded by fields, forest and marshland. Arrows on the rivers mark the direction of their flow.
Kaart van den vierkanten paal gouvernements-grondgebied te Montrado
1887
Indonesia
A map of government land around the town of Montrado, Borneo, a gold mining centre in the 19th century, as shown by the number of gold mines (‘goudmijn’) marked. There are also crops—coconut, alang-alang, bamboo—and agricultural and fish ponds.
- Sumatra36
- Borneo33
- Java29
- Malay Peninsula22
- Siam20
- Pegu19
- Sulawesi16
- Celebes15
- Malacca14
- Dutch East Indies13
- Maluku Islands13
- Western New Guinea12
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- Military Fort14
- Cemetery/Columbarium9
- Residential Area8
- Kampong/Village7
- Church6
- Temple6
- Hospital4
- Missionary Building4
- Palace4
- Military Barracks3
- Jail/Prison2
- Mosque2
- Police Station2
- Public Space2
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- Bowen, Emanuel7
- Ptolemy7
- Bachiene, Willem Albert4
- Fries, Lorenz3
- Hondius, Jodocus3
- Jansson, Jan3
- Moll, Herman3
- Münster, Sebastian3
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- Topographische Bureau5
- Gaspard Trechsel3
- François L'Honoré & Compagnie2
- Herman Moll2
- John King2
- John Thomson2
- Melchior Trechsel2
- Thomson's New General Atlas2
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- Amsterdam14
- London9
- Batavia6
- Edinburgh5
- Basel3
- Venice3
- Lyon2
- The Hague2
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