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Plan topographique de l'arrondissement de Bien-Hoa
1881
Vietnam
Two-sheet map of the district of Bien-Hoa (Biên Hòa) east of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The area is dominated by rivers, wetlands and mangroves. Labels describe the terrain e.g. ‘Bois marécageux avec rivières [Swampy woods with rivers]’.
Physikalische Karte von Asien
1881
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Crops are marked on this map of Asia: Sumatra and Java have sugar, coffee, tea; the Lesser Sunda Islands and Maluku Islands have cinnamon, nutmeg and clove; mainland Southeast Asia has sugar and cotton. Arrows on the sea indicate currents.
Algemeene kaart van Nederlandsch Indië
1879
Cambodia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore, Brunei, Myanmar
A late 19th century map of the Dutch East Indies on four sheets, detailing maritime routes around the region. There are also inset maps showing railways, rivers, roads, and telegraph systems, as well as individual islands and cities.
Asiatic archipelago
1876
Vietnam, 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.
Eastern Bengal, Burmah and parts of China and Siam
1871
Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam
The routes of nine expeditions (1830 to 1869) are marked on this map. There are also short notes about trading (e.g. at Oonoung in Burmah: ‘A bazaar, with a great variety of European goods’), and a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.
The Island of Ceylon / Burmah, Siam and Anam
1870
Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia
This map of mainland Southeast Asia has colour-coded borders: Burmah (Myanmar) in red, Siam (Thailand) in brown, and Anam (Vietnam) in green. The British territory of Penang is also bordered in red. Independent areas are bordered in grey.
[Manuscript map of Asia and Australia]
1870
Southeast Asia, Singapore, Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
On this hand-drawn and coloured map of Asia, the colours differentiate the colonial territories of the European powers: for example, New Guinea is divided into Dutch, British and German areas, and Borneo is split between the British and Dutch.
Ostindische Inseln
c.1870
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On this map of Southeast Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers. On Borneo, the names of indigenous peoples are listed (‘Dayak’s, Papua’s, Bugi’s’).
Ostindische Inseln
c.1870
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
On this map of Southeast Asia, borders are outlined and cities underlined in different colours to show the colonial territories of the European powers. On Borneo, the names of indigenous peoples are listed (‘Dayak’s, Papua’s, Bugi’s’).
Übersichtskarte der Französischen Expedition in Hinterindien vom Me-khong bis zum Jang-tse-kiang
1869
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos
This map of the border region between China, Birma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand and Laos) and Anam (Vietnam) is marked with the routes of five expeditions of the region from 1837 to 1868. Locations of Roman Catholic missionaries are also shown.
Oost-Indie
c.1867
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Map of the East Indies in the mid-19th century, with Dutch colonial territory (Dutch East Indies) coloured in brown. Dutch administrative regions—such as residencies (‘residentie’) and governorates (‘gouvernement’)—are labelled.
- [remove]Vietnam365
- Thailand337
- Cambodia336
- Laos332
- Malaysia332
- Myanmar332
- Indonesia315
- Singapore308
- Brunei293
- Philippines290
- Southeast Asia272
- East Timor258
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- Sumatra296
- Borneo292
- Java254
- Malay Peninsula246
- Sulawesi227
- Celebes182
- Siam179
- Western New Guinea173
- Maluku Islands162
- Sunda Islands134
- Pegu128
- Malacca125
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- Kampong/Village20
- Military Fort20
- Church11
- Palace11
- Cemetery/Columbarium9
- Residential Area9
- Missionary Building7
- Temple7
- Hospital6
- Court of Law3
- Post Office3
- Jail/Prison2
- Military Barracks2
- Police Station1
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- [remove]Mountain/Volcano365
- Jungle/Wooded Area67
- Wild Animals58
- Wetlands9
- Mangrove4
- Delisle, Guillaume17
- Sanson, Nicolas12
- Ptolemy10
- Stülpnagel, Friedrich von10
- Wit, Frederik de10
- Boehm, Augustus Gottlob9
- Hase, Johann Matthias9
- Mayer, Tobias9
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- Justus Perthes27
- Homann Heirs16
- Adolf Stieler14
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier13
- Alexis Hubert Jaillot9
- Peter Schenk8
- Edward Stanford7
- Isaak Tirion7
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- Amsterdam80
- London64
- Paris31
- Gotha27
- Nuremberg22
- Edinburgh13
- Venice7
- Hildburghausen4
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