Search

Map of the residency of Benkoelen (Bengkulu, southwest coast of Sumatra), over 10 sheets, with an inset map of the city of Bengkoelen (Bengkulu). Types of crops—coconut, rice, alang-alang, nipah palm, coffee—are marked. Sheet number 8 is missing.

There are over 100 sheets of this very large-scale (1:20,000) topographic map of the regency of Besoeki, Java. Cities and villages, roads, railways and rivers, crops and many more features are all shown in great detail.

Map of Padang Si Dimpoewan (modern city of Padangsidempuan, northern Sumatra) including a military camp and accommodation, schools, a market, jail and graveyard. Crops are grown in the surrounding area: rice, coconut, coffee, alang-alang, bamboo.

This map of Groot-Atjèh (Aceh, northern Sumatra) focuses on the western part occupied during the Aceh War. It shows mountains, wetlands, forests, villages, routes and crops (rice, coconut, banana, sugar, sugarcane, bamboo, alang-alang, betel).

Map of a path from Tangsé (Tangse) at the top right, southwest to Kroeng Sabi (Krueng Sabee) on the west coast of Aceh, Sumatra. The route crosses mountains and then follows a river to the coast.

Produced during the Aceh War, the ‘Ooster-buitenlinie [Eastern outer line]’ of this map’s title probably refers to Dutch troop positions—marked with flag symbols—along the red road on the left. The road is east of the city of Kota Radja (Banda Aceh).

There are 64 sheets of this very large-scale (1:20,000) topographic map of the regency of Soerabaja (East Java). Cities and villages, roads, railways and rivers, crops and many more features are all shown in great detail. First sheet is an overview.

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.

Detailed plan of the city of Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) with commercial, religious, government and military buildings, surrounded by lakes, fields of crops and villages. Someone has drawn details on the map of areas that have undergone ‘levelling’.

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.

This detailed late 19th century map shows Java divided into regencies, and features mountains, land and sea routes, and an inset map of the port city of Batavia (Jakarta). It was designed to be folded within book covers so it could be easily carried.

Map of Koninginne Baai (Bayur Bay, west coast of Sumatra) used to navigate Emma Haven (now Port of Teluk Bayur). It features bathymetry (sea depth), reefs and shoals, as well as lighthouses, buoys and two elevations (side views) of coastal mountains.