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Kaart der residentie Zuider- en Ooster-afdeeling van Borneo

event1899

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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.

Residentie Wester-afdeeling van Borneo

event1897

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A series of maps of rivers and paths in western Borneo, featuring mountains with their heights, jungles, wetlands and crops (coconut, bamboo, alang-alang, nipa palm). Only four sheets are available.

Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië

eventc.1897-1904

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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.

Kaart van den vierkanten paal gouvernements grondgebied te Ngabang

event1888

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Map of the town of Ngabang, on the Landak River, Borneo and the surrounding forest and mountains. Around the town are cemeteries, a well, a jail and a Chinese temple. Bamboo, coconut trees, fishing ponds and fields (including alang-alang) are marked.

Kaart van Sintang en omstreken

event1888

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The Kapoewas (Kapuas) and Melawi rivers converge on this map of the town of Sintang, Borneo. The town lines the river banks, surrounded by forest, wetlands, fields, bamboo, and coconut trees. Arrows on the rivers mark the direction of their flow.

Kaart van den vierkanten paal (I en II) gouvernements grondgebied te Sintang

event1888

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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 het Zuidwestelijk gedeelte van het landschap Mampawah, residentie Wester-afdeeling van Borneo

event1887

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Map of the crops—coconut, alang-alang, rice, nipa palm, bamboo—grown along the Mempawah River (west coast of Borneo). There are also large areas of swampy forest, Malay mosques, shrines and graveyards, and Chinese villages, temples and graveyards.

A Map of South Eastern Asia from Peking to Singapore... with an enlarged plan of the environs of Hanoi, on the Red River

event1883

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Map of East Asia, with British colonial possessions—Burma, Straits Settlements, Labuan and British North Borneo—highlighted with red borders. There is also an inset map of the Red River (Hong River) running through Hanoi, Vietnam.

Asiatic archipelago

event1876

location_onVietnam, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Laos, Indonesia, East Timor, Cambodia, Brunei

This late 19th century map of Southeast Asia shows the best maritime routes around the region, according to the time of year. There are also inset maps highlighting the rivers and southern islands of Singapore, and the sea depth around Labuan Island.

Algemeene Kaart van het Nederlandsch Gebied op het Eiland Borneo: No. II

event1859

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Map of the Dutch colonial administrative regions of southwest Borneo, featuring mountains, rivers and settlements. (One of four sheets covering Borneo from ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)

Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie

eventc.1853-1862

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Atlas featuring over 60 detailed maps of the Dutch East Indies: 24 maps cover Java; the remainder cover the rest of the Dutch East Indies. There are three index maps. (All the maps in this atlas are also presented separately on this platform.)

Malay Archipelago, or East India Islands

event1851

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This mid-19th century map of Southeast Asia is illustrated with drawings of indigenous people from New Guinea, a ‘bee bear’ (probably a sun bear), a sailboat in front of Victoria Mount in New Guinea, and a village and palm trees in Sarawak, Borneo.

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