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Kaart der residentie Zuider- en Ooster-afdeeling van Borneo

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On this map, the residency of South and East Borneo is divided into departments (green borders) and provinces (yellow borders). There is an inset plan of the city of Banjarmasin, with rivers, buildings, residential areas, roads and crops marked.

Kaart van de Vallei van Pidië, de Moekim VII en de Vallei van Tangsé

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Large-scale topographic map of the northeast coast of Sumatra around the city of Sigli, Aceh, spread over 16 sheets plus a cover sheet of the whole area. The map focuses on two river valleys, mountains, marshland, villages and rice paddies.

Noordkust Java: Westervaarwater van Soerabaja

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This map of the Madura Strait between Java and Madura is designed to aid navigation: bathymetry (water depth), lighthouses, shoals and reefs, rocks and mud, anchor points, and landmark mountains are all marked. Text describes the tidal conditions.

Afbeeldinge van 't casteel en de stadt Batavia gelegen op 't groot eylandt Iava-Maior int Coninckrijck van Iaccatra

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A late 19th century print of an earlier plan of Batavia (Jakarta), the main port of the Dutch East India Company's trading network in Southeast Asia. Ships can be seen in the harbour, and the detailed legend lists some of the major parts of the city.

Kaart der hoofdplaats Batavia omstreeks het jaar 1740

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A mid-18th century map of the important port of Batavia (Jakarta), with military forts, a pier, hospitals, churches, and residential streets. However, the city is also surrounded by fields and plantations, for producing crops and grazing animals.

De stad Batavia met derzelver omstreken: Geteekend in 1826

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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.

Schetskaart van het Toba-meer en aangrenzende landstreken

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Map of Lake Toba and the surrounding area in northern Sumatra, featuring mountains, forests, types of terrain (undergrowth, field, grass), rivers, roads and settlements. There is an inset map that shows the other maps referenced in producing the map.

Kaart de residentie Wester-afdeeling van Borneo

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Topographical map of western Borneo, with inset maps of the islands off the west coast, and of the city of Pontianak including the docks and crops grown near the city (rice, coconut, mangosteen, sago, alang-alang, indigo plant, sugarcane, bamboo).

Landbouw-ondernemingen in de afdeelingen Deli, Batoe Bahara en Asahan (Residentie Oostkust van Sumatra)

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On this map of the east coast of northern Sumatra, red borders divide the land into agricultural properties, each with a number to identify it. The whole area is divided into colour-coded administrative districts.

Kaart van Batavia omstreeks 240 jaren geleden overgebracht in 1864

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Although published in the 19th century, this is a copy of a much earlier map of Batavia (Jakarta) from c.1625. It focuses on the castle and fortifications, but also shows the fields of crops and wetlands surrounding the city.

Kaart van Batavia omstreeks het jaar 1625

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Although published in 1898, this map is copied from a c.1625 map of Batavia (Jakarta). It focuses on the castle and fortifications (in red), but also shows the fields of crops, a graveyard and the wetlands surrounding the city (in blue).

Voorontwerp eener spoorweghaven te Soerabaia

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Spread over four sheets, this is a detailed hand-drawn plan for railway and tramway lines at the port of Soerabaia (Surabaya, East Java). It includes a railway station, commercial areas, housing, customs, warehouses, offices and government buildings.

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