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British New Guinea: Sketch plan showing the route traversed by His Excellency Sir Wm. Macgregor... from the Mambre mouth to the village of Gosisi on the Vanapa
1897
Papua New Guinea
Map of the Mambare River from Mount Victoria to the sea at Duvira (or Traitors) Bay, British New Guinea. Villages, bases, camps and stores are marked, and there are notes on terrain (‘Low Hills’), vegetation (‘Betal Palms’), river width, rapids etc.
Sketch map shewing the rivers and an outline of the coast... Gulf of Papua, British New Guinea
1893
Papua New Guinea
Map of part of the east coast of the Gulf of Papua, with river mouths, shoals, bathymetry (water depth). On land, notes on terrain (‘Hills 100 to 150 ft. high’), land (‘Good soil’), vegetation (‘Nipa and Sago Palms’) and people (‘Ipikoi Tribe’).
Sketch map shewing the rivers and an outline of the coast... Gulf of Papua, British New Guinea
1892
Papua New Guinea
Map of part of the west coast of the Gulf of Papua, with islands, river mouths, shoals, bathymetry (water depth), notes to aid navigation. On land, notes on terrain (‘Limestone Hill’), vegetation (‘Pandanus & Nipa Palms’) and people (‘Paia Tribe’).
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.
Rough sketch plan of St. Joseph District, British New Guinea
1890
Papua New Guinea
Map of part of British New Guinea with notes on terrain (‘Swamp’), vegetation (‘Grass & wood patches with old gardens’) and people (‘Oru tribe’), and three elevation views of mountain ranges. Some villages are marked as having ‘resident teachers’.
Plan of Port Moresby and the road to the Lolokie River: New Giunea
1887
Papua New Guinea
This map focuses on the capital city of British New Guinea, Port Moresby, and the road heading north-east from the city to the Laloki River. Along the road, there are descriptions of the terrain (‘Open flat fairly grasses timbered with bastard Gum’).
Map of Prince of Wales' Island or Pulo Penang and province Wellesley
1853
Malaysia
Map of the Penang Strait, including written instructions on how to navigate the strait. On land, areas of cultivation are marked, with a table listing acreage used for each crop. A boundary with Siam based on an 1831 treaty is also shown.
- British New Guinea5
- Malay Peninsula5
- New Guinea5
- Penang5
- Province Wellesley5
- Straits Settlements5
- Perak4
- Dindings Territory2
- Gulf of Papua2
- Johore2
- Kedah2
- Kelantan2
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- [remove]Kampong/Village12
- Police Station6
- Church5
- Residential Area5
- Cemetery/Columbarium4
- Hospital4
- Jail/Prison4
- Military Fort4
- Military Barracks3
- Mosque3
- Public Space3
- Missionary Building2
- Court of Law1
- Surveyor General's Office, Brisbane4
- Intelligence Branch, War Office2
- Stanford's Geographical Establishment2
- Edmund Gregory1
- Government Engraving & Lithographic Office, Brisbane1
- Intelligence Division, War Office1
- Office Chief Engineer, Division of the Philippines1
- Royal Asiatic Society1
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