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Map of the Island of Singapore and its dependencies
1898
Singapore
Map of Singapore Island, divided into Districts, including the surrounding islands and straits. The city centre, roads and forests are marked. MacRitchie Reservoir is at the centre of the island, with coconut plantations along the east coast.
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.
Kaiser Wilhelms-Land: Das Hinterland der Astrolabe-Bucht bis zum Ramu-Fluss
1896
Papua New Guinea
Map of part of the north coast of Kaiser-Wilhelmsland (German New Guinea) spread over two sheets. It focuses on rivers, noting width, depth, temperature, currents, vegetation etc.; and on mountains, showing heights and side views (elevations).
Kaart van het Westelijk gedeelte bezet in Groot-Atjèh
1895
Indonesia
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 British New Guinea
1892
Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
Map of British New Guinea, focusing on the sea (islands, shoals, reefs), coast (settlements, bays), mountains and land (‘dense forest’, ‘timbered with Eucalyptus’). Inset maps of Port Moresby, Samarai Island, and the whole island of New Guinea.
Schutzgebiet der Neu-Guinea-Kompanie
c.1892-1893
Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Very detailed six-sheet map of eastern New Guinea, with numerous inset maps of bays and islands, and other inset maps covering ethnography, explorers of the region, marine routes across the Pacific Ocean, cannibalism, missionaries activity etc.
Skeleton map of the Burma and Assam frontier
1891
Myanmar
Map of Upper Burma showing the border with Assam (India) and China. The names of indigenous peoples are shown (‘Singphos’), along with the Irrawaddy River, railways and resources (‘Teak Forests’, mines (silver, copper, sulphur, rubies, coal, jade)).
Rough Sketch of 200 miles of the western portion of British New Guinea, including rivers
1890
Papua New Guinea
Map of British New Guinea with notes on the terrain (‘Low country’), vegetation (‘Mangrove, Nipa and Fan Palms’), crops (‘Small plantations Sugar cane & Taro’), coastal features (‘Coral and Sand flats) and people (‘Friendly tribe’, ‘Dariamo Tribe’).
Map of part of south-east New Guinea embracing its northern and southern waters
1889
Papua New Guinea
This map focuses on the southern coast including the capital Port Moresby, with the northern regions left mostly blank. There are four inset drawings of side views of mountains (elevations), and the border with German New Guinea is marked.
Skeleton map of the Burma and Assam frontier
1886
Myanmar
Map of Upper Burma showing the border with Assam (India) and China. The names of indigenous peoples are shown (‘Singphos’), along with the Irrawaddy River, railways and resources (‘Teak Forests’, mines (silver, copper, sulphur, rubies, coal, jade)).
A Map of South Eastern Asia from Peking to Singapore... with an enlarged plan of the environs of Hanoi, on the Red River
1883
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
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.
- Indonesia23
- Myanmar14
- Singapore14
- Malaysia13
- East Timor11
- Thailand9
- Brunei8
- Cambodia8
- Laos8
- Vietnam8
- Philippines7
- Southeast Asia7
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- Sumatra18
- Borneo13
- Dutch East Indies12
- Celebes11
- Java11
- Malay Peninsula11
- Sulawesi11
- Western New Guinea11
- Maluku Islands9
- South China Sea8
- Siam7
- Ambon6
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- Kampong/Village16
- Military Fort11
- Cemetery/Columbarium9
- Residential Area7
- Church6
- Hospital6
- Military Barracks6
- Temple4
- Mosque3
- Post Office3
- Public Space3
- Communal Land/Property2
- Jail/Prison2
- Missionary Building2
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- [remove]Colonial Possessions33
- District/Administrative Border12
- National Border9
- Civic/Metropolitan Border8
- Regional Border8
- [remove]Jungle/Wooded Area33
- Mountain/Volcano29
- Wetlands12
- Wild Animals4
- Mangrove1
- Bachiene, Willem Albert4
- Bowen, Emanuel4
- Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm3
- Jättnig, Wilhelm3
- Arrowsmith, John2
- Böhm2
- Cronenberg, F.2
- Derfelden van Hinderstein, Gijsbert Franco von2
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- Justus Perthes4
- Intelligence Division, War Office3
- Survey of India Offices, Calcutta3
- Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane3
- A.J. Bogaerts2
- Chez Daumont2
- Edward Stanford2
- Topographische Bureau2
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- Batavia5
- Gotha4
- The Hague4
- London3
- Brisbane2
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- Berlin1
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