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Trade Routes in the Far East
1894
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of stream ship trade routes around Southeast Asia. Rivers, railways, submarine telegraph cables, lighthouses (fixed, revolving and flashing), graving docks and coaling stations are marked. An inset map shows a railway route from Britain to Asia.
New sketch map of the protected Malay State of Perak
1892
Malaysia
Map of state of Perak (Malay Peninsula) with a table of statistics: area, population, road/railway/river lengths, revenue, tin exports. Straits Settlements highlighted red. Someone has added handwritten travel times/distances by steamer/road/train.
Gulf of Siam: Malay Peninsula - East Coast. Lakon Roads to Lem Tane
1880
Thailand
Produced by the British Admiralty’s Hydrographic Office, this map includes various navigational aids, such as maritime routes, bathymetry (sea depth), tide and current data, and elevations (side views of hills and mountains to use as landmarks).
Extension of the Electric Telegraph to Canton, Hong Kong, etc. from the Port of Rangoon
1860
Myanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of a proposed extension of a telegraph system from Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) to China. Includes current and projected railways, steam ship routes, and population figures for western China. From the British magazine ‘The Illustrated London News’.
Physical chart of the Indian Ocean: shewing the temperature of the water, the currents of the air and ocean, directions of the wind, districts of hurricanes, regions of the monsoons & ty-foons, trade routes &c&c.
1849
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Chart of the Indian Ocean, showing climate and weather-related data, including around the seas and straits of Southeast Asia where trade routes are marked, along with monsoon and typhoon regions, and currents during the different monsoon seasons.
Physical chart of the Pacific Ocean or Great Sea (Mare Pacifico): Showing the currents & temperature of the ocean, the trade routes &c.
1849
East Timor, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines
Chart of the Pacific Ocean, showing climate and weather-related data, including around the seas and straits of eastern Southeast Asia where maritime trade routes are marked, along with monsoon regions, ocean temperatures and currents.
A map of Java: chiefly from surveys made during the British administration
1817
Indonesia
Made for ‘A History of Java’ by Sir Stamford Raffles, this map includes a list of administrative districts with their populations, and four inset maps of harbours. Another inset map shows rocks and minerals, mountains and volcanoes, and teak forests.
A map of Java: chiefly from surveys made during the British administration
1817
Indonesia
Made for ‘A History of Java’ by Sir Stamford Raffles, this map includes a list of administrative districts with their populations, and four inset maps of harbours. Another inset map shows rocks and minerals, mountains and volcanoes, and teak forests.
A chart of the currents in the Indian Sea during the southwest monsoon, to the northward of the line / A chart of the currents in the Indian Sea during the northeast monsoon, to the northward of the line
1794
Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand
Two maps of the Indian Ocean showing currents (represented by arrows) and winds (represented by letters A to F) during the monsoon seasons. Three routes—one old and two new—from the Isle de France (Mauritius) east to the Strait of Malacca are shown.
- Indonesia7
- Malaysia5
- Thailand5
- Myanmar4
- Philippines4
- Singapore4
- Cambodia3
- Laos3
- Vietnam3
- Brunei2
- East Timor2
- Papua New Guinea2
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- Malay Peninsula6
- Java4
- Sumatra4
- Anam3
- Borneo3
- China Sea3
- Siam3
- South China Sea3
- Aracan2
- Banda Sea2
- Bay of Pachitan2
- Celebes2
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- Bathymetry4
- Current Data4
- Tide Data2
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- Inset Map4
- Coat of Arms2
- Elevation1
- Walker, John3
- Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm2
- Horsfield, Dr. Thomas2
- Johnston, Keith (A.K.)2
- Johnston, William2
- Raffles, Sir Thomas Stamford2
- Coryton, John1
- Dower, John1
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