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A map of British North Borneo
1899
Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia
The colonial territories of British North Borneo are shown in pink on this late 19th century map, with Brunei and Sarawak in green, and Dutch colonial territory in yellow. Sea routes around the British Empire are depicted on an inset map.
Plan of the town and suburbs of Rangoon
c.1895-1897
Myanmar
Detailed plan of the city of Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar) with commercial, religious, government and military buildings, surrounded by lakes, fields of crops and villages. Someone has drawn details on the map of areas that have undergone ‘levelling’.
A map of British North Borneo
1894
Malaysia, Brunei, Indonesia
The colonial territories of British North Borneo are shown in pink on this late 19th century map, with Brunei and Sarawak in green, and Dutch colonial territory in yellow. Sea routes around the British Empire are depicted on an inset map.
Trade Routes in the Far East
1894
Brunei, 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.
Map to illustrate Mr. W.R.D. Beckett's route, Novr. 1891-April 1892
1893
Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos
The route of W.R.D. Beckett between Bangkok and Saigon, partly along the Mekong River, is marked on this map, along with trade routes, police posts, mines (copper, iron, gold), and products (the spice cardamom, and resin benzoin (‘Gumbenjamin’)).
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.
British Burma, Pegu division: With additions to railways up to 1891
1891
Myanmar
Topographical map of the Pegu Division of British Burma (Myanmar), spread over four sheets. In addition to mountains, forests, rivers and wetlands, rice fields, routes (road, railway, path, telegraph), villages and pagodas are marked.
Kaart der Bataklanden en van het eiland Nijas
1890
Indonesia
A large-scale map of northern Sumatra, spread over 16 sheets, and divided into administrative regions. The island of Nijas (Nias) is marked with the locations of local tribes, and there is a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.
- [remove]Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford24
- Filter from 1860 to 1899
- Dutch East Indies8
- Sumatra7
- Siam6
- Malay Peninsula5
- British North Borneo4
- Sarawak4
- South China Sea4
- Borneo3
- Burma3
- Java3
- Pegu3
- Alcock Province2
- more Detailed Location »
- Kampong/Village13
- Temple9
- Church8
- Post Office5
- Residential Area5
- Cemetery/Columbarium4
- Hospital4
- Jail/Prison4
- Military Barracks4
- Military Fort4
- Police Station4
- Public Space3
- Well3
- Court of Law2
- more Settlement Features »
- Geisendörfer, J.5
- Nguyen, Van Dinh4
- Carmouze2
- Gilly2
- Lassalle2
- Nguyen, Tan Hon2
- Silhol2
- Beckett, W.R.D.1
- more Map Maker »
- Intelligence Division, War Office5
- Service du Cadastre de Cochinchine5
- Stanford's Geographical Establishment4
- Topographische Bureau4
- Edward Stanford3
- Lemercier et Cie.3
- Survey of India Offices, Calcutta3
- British North Borneo Chartered Company2
- more Printer/Publisher »