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[Various Indonesian islands]

eventc.1900

location_onMalaysia, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore

Seven locations in the Dutch East Indies on one sheet: the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes (Sulawesi), Ambon and Banda, the city of Padang and its region on the west coast of Sumatra, and the tip of the Minahasa Peninsula (northern Celebes).

India

event1898

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand

British Burma is coloured pink on this six-sheet map of India. Mountains are represented by hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—and settlements, railways, roads, rivers and lighthouses are marked.

A Map of the Malay Peninsula

event1897

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

On this late 19th century map of the Malay Peninsula, the British colonial territories—the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca, Dinding and Penang—are in red, demarcating them from the British protectorate states of the rest of the peninsula.

Soematra, Bangka en de Riouw-Lingga Archipel

event1897

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar

Map of Sumatra and surrounding islands, with residencies—administrative districts—shown by coloured borders. There are inset maps of two residencies surrounding Padang, and of Groot-Atjeh (Aceh). Rivers, railways, roads and settlements are marked.

Trade Routes in the Far East

event1894

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Map of stream ship trade routes around Southeast Asia. Rivers, railways, submarine telegraph cables, lighthouses (fixed, revolving and flashing), graving docks and coaling stations are marked. An inset map shows a railway route from Britain to Asia.

Kaart van Nederlandsch-Indie

event1893

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

Shipping routes are the focus of this map of the Dutch East Indies, indicated by red lines labelled with the name of the shipping company and the destinations. Parcel shipping routes are also shown. Inset maps feature railway lines too.

Malay, or East Indian Archipelago, with Burmah, Siam &c.

event1887

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

On this map of Southeast Asia, numerous small islands, shoals and reefs are marked and named, especially in the South China Sea and around the Sunda and Maluku islands. Submarine cables to carry telegraph messages around the region are also shown.

Nederlandsch Oost-Indië

event1865

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

This detailed map of the Dutch East Indies in the mid-19th century contains a great deal of information: topographical details, settlements and administrative areas, roads, railways and maritime routes, telegraph lines, inset maps etc.

Extension of the Electric Telegraph to Canton, Hong Kong, etc. from the Port of Rangoon

event1860

location_onMyanmar, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam

Map of a proposed extension of a telegraph system from Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) to China. Includes current and projected railways, steam ship routes, and population figures for western China. From the British magazine ‘The Illustrated London News’.

India (southern sheet)

event1824

location_onMyanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand

The inset map on this map of India features part of mainland Southeast Asia, with the British colonial territories—Straits Settlements, British Burma—highlighted in red, ‘protected states’ in yellow, and ‘independent states’ in green.

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