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Eastern Islands: Birmah &c.
1846
Brunei, 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).
Asia. Plates 42-45 in Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas
c.1844-1846
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam
Southeast Asia is featured on the last of the four sheets of this map of Asia. The South China Sea is particularly detailed, with islands, rocks, shoals and reefs named, sometimes dated, and even marked with the name of the ship that mapped them.
East India Islands
c.1844-1846
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
From ‘Lizars' Edinburgh Geographical General Atlas’, this mid-19th century map was based on an earlier map by the English cartographer John Cary. It highlights the mountain ranges and rivers of Southeast Asia, and also features many place names.
Birman Empire
1829
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
This map of the Burman Empire (Myanmar) features mountains, forests and rivers, as well as borders with Siam (Thailand) and Laos. Text notes how far up rivers boats can reach (‘Boats reach hither from the Sea’), ruby mines and rice fields.
New Holland and Asiatic Isles
1829
Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea
Includes part of maritime Southeast Asia. New Guinea is labelled as ‘discovered in 1527’—a reference to the Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes—with additional labels describing the terrain (‘Very low land’, ‘Coast is not well known’, ‘An Opening’).
Birman Empire
1824
Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos
This map of the Burman Empire (Myanmar) features mountains, forests and rivers, as well as borders with Siam (Thailand) and Laos. Text notes how far up rivers boats can reach (‘Boats reach hither from the Sea’), ruby mines and rice fields.
New Holland and Asiatic Isles
1814
Indonesia, East Timor, Papua New Guinea
Includes part of maritime Southeast Asia. New Guinea is labelled as ‘discovered in 1527’—a reference to the Portuguese explorer Jorge de Menezes—with additional labels describing the terrain (‘Very low land’, ‘Coast is not well known’, ‘An Opening’).
- Laos26
- Thailand26
- Myanmar25
- Cambodia24
- Indonesia24
- Malaysia24
- Vietnam24
- East Timor21
- Philippines21
- Singapore21
- Brunei18
- Southeast Asia18
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- Borneo18
- Celebes18
- Java18
- Sulawesi18
- Siam16
- Sumatra16
- Philippine Islands15
- Malay Peninsula13
- New Guinea13
- Western New Guinea13
- South China Sea10
- Pegu9
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- Johnston, Keith (A.K.)18
- Johnston, William18
- Berghaus, Heinrich Karl Wilhelm13
- Hall, Sidney3
- Hall, Selina2
- Lizars, William Home2
- Moffatt, John2
- Sharbau, Henry2
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- William Blackwood & Sons17
- John Thomson4
- Thomson's New General Atlas4
- W. & A.K. Johnston4
- A. & C. Black3
- W. Lizars2
- Edinburgh Geographical Institute1
- John Bartholomew & Co.1
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- [remove]Edinburgh33
- London22