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Southeast Asia is on sheet four of this map. British colonial territory—British Burma, the Straits Settlements, Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo—is highlighted in red, with Dutch, Spanish, French and Portuguese territory also shown.

Late 19th century map of the Makassar Strait between Borneo and Celebes (Sulawesi), with shoals and reefs, bathymetry (sea depth), shipwrecks and other navigation aids marked. On land, mountains, with their heights, and rivers are shown.

Geological map of Java and Madura, showing rock types and the locations of volcanoes. There are two cross sections (elevations) showing the heights of terrain: one of Java; and one from Cambodia to the Indian Ocean, including Borneo and Java.

Map of Java and Madura showing routes, especially for trading purposes, including railways, tramways, roads, ports for steamship services, harbours for different types of imports and exports. A list of train and tram routes is included.

Topographic map of the island of Lombok in the Lesser Sunda Islands, with terrain shown by contour lines. Administrative districts, villages, routes, forests and crops (rice, coconut, coffee, banana, alang-alang, bamboo, Javanese pine) are marked.

The residency of Batavia, West Java, featuring plantations (coffee, tea, coconut, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar); crops (rice, alang-alang, bamboo); fishing ponds; factories, warehouses, shops; routes, administrative borders; mountains, rivers, lakes.

Map of Asia featuring steamship routes—including around Southeast Asia—connecting ports such as Penang, Singapore, Batavia (Jakarta), Saigon, Bangkok, Rangun (Yangon), Manila, Macassar (Makassar) etc. There is also an inset map of Singapore.

This detailed late 19th century map shows Java divided into regencies, and features mountains, land and sea routes, and an inset map of the port city of Batavia (Jakarta). It was designed to be folded within book covers so it could be easily carried.

A map of the residency of Soerabaja (East Java) divided into regencies, departments and districts. There are large fishing ponds around the coasts. An inset map shows distances between settlements by road, tracks and paths.

This map is colour-coded to show the different languages and dialects spoken in the Lesser Sunda Islands in the late 19th century.

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.

This late 19th century map records the average rainfall at a variety of locations—marked with blue dots—on Java. Three types of forest are also shown: cultivated forest, wild forest under management, and wild forest not under management.