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Nederlandsch Oost-Indië / Java

eventc.1850

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

Two maps of the Dutch East Indies: one of the whole region, and one of Java alone. Both are divided into administrative regions—e.g. Java is divided into regencies—with coloured borders.

Asien

event1850

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

This map of Asia uses hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—over most of Southeast Asia. Major rivers, islands and cities are also marked.

Asien

eventc.1850

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

On this map of Asia, colours are used to show the colonial territories of the European powers, and to show Muslim and Buddhist regions: Sumatra is divided between the Netherlands and local rulers; the Straits Settlements underlined in red (British).

Ost-Indien mit den Inseln

event1850

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

On this map of India and Southeast Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers: British, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Danish.

Nederlandsch Oost-Indië / Java

eventc.1850

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand

Two maps of the Dutch East Indies: one of the whole region, and one of Java alone. Both are divided into administrative regions—e.g. Java is divided into regencies—with coloured borders.

S.E. Peninsula and Malaysia

event1849

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

The colonial possessions of Britain, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Denmark are shown on this mid-19th century map of Southeast Asia. There are inset maps of Penang Island and Singapore, and text describing the region’s colonial history.

Nederlands Oostindische bezittingen, 1848

event1848

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Dutch East Indies, with blue borders showing the extent of Dutch colonial territory in 1848. It was published by the North Holland Regional Association of the Dutch Teachers' Association.

Nederlands Oostindische bezittingen, 1848

event1848

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Dutch East Indies, with blue borders showing the extent of Dutch colonial territory in 1848. It was published by the North Holland Regional Association of the Dutch Teachers' Association.

Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Die Ostindischen Inseln

event1846

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Map of Southeast Asia highlighting the colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), Spain (Philippines), Britain (Straits Settlements, Burma, part of Borneo) and Portugal (East Timor). From the German atlas ‘Stielers Handatlas’.

Carte générale des possessions néerlandaises aux Indes orientales

event1846

location_onBrunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore

Map of the Asian colonial possessions of the Netherlands (Dutch East Indies), with an inset of the heights of some of the region’s mountains. A note describes the average temperature, barometer reading and magnetic declination in Batavia at the time.

Eastern Islands: Birmah &c.

event1846

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

On this map of Southeast Asia, British colonial territory is highlighted within red borders: the Straits Settlements (Singapore, Malacca and Penang) on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula; and British Burma (Chittagong and Aracan, and Tenasserim).

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