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Sumatra: Residentie Benkoelen (Bengkoelen)

eventc.1894-1895

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Map of the residency of Benkoelen (Bengkulu, southwest coast of Sumatra), over 10 sheets, with an inset map of the city of Bengkoelen (Bengkulu). Types of crops—coconut, rice, alang-alang, nipah palm, coffee—are marked. Sheet number 8 is missing.

Kaart van het Westelijk gedeelte bezet in Groot-Atjèh

event1895

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This map of Groot-Atjèh (Aceh, northern Sumatra) focuses on the western part occupied during the Aceh War. It shows mountains, wetlands, forests, villages, routes and crops (rice, coconut, banana, sugar, sugarcane, bamboo, alang-alang, betel).

Plan of the town and suburbs of Rangoon

eventc.1895-1897

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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’.

Java

event1894

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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.

City of Mandalay and environs

event1894

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Map of the Burmese city of Mandalay on the Irrawaddy River. The city has a grid of roads and buildings, dominated by Fort Dufferin (formerly Mandalay Palace). The surrounding country has villages, crops, agricultural ponds and irrigation channels.

Town of Singapore

event1892

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Plan of Singapore town, including Tanjong Pagar docks, the central civic/business area around the Singapore River, and residential areas. A roadstead—a body of water sheltered from tides/currents, for ships to anchor—is labelled ‘The Roads’.

Map of Singapore showing the principal residences and places of interest

event1892

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Map of the city of Singapore, including the central civic/business area around the Singapore River, Fort Canning, Tanjong Pagar dock, and residential areas. The city is surrounded by villages and plantations (pineapple, fruit and vegetable, coconut).

Schetskaart der Pak Pak-landen

event1890

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Map of the lands of the Pakpak people, an ethnic group of Batak people of northern Sumatra. The names of various sub-ethnic groups—Siem Siem (Pakpak Simsim), Pegagan (Pakpak Pegagan), Kepas (Pakpak Keppas)—are marked to show their territories.

Java

event1890

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This detailed late 19th century map shows Java divided into regencies, and features mountains, roads, railways, and rivers. There is also an inset map of the port city of Batavia (Jakarta).

Sumatra

event1889

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Map of the city of Padang on the west coast of Sumatra, with inset maps of the nearby islands, featuring residential, business, government and military areas. There are also agricultural areas with coconut, nutmeg, bamboo, nipa palm and sago palm.

Topographische kaart der residentie Besoeki

event1888

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The residency of Besoeki (Besuki), East Java, featuring crops (rice, alang-alang, bamboo, coconut); fishing ponds; factories, warehouses, businesses; routes, administrative borders; churches, cemeteries, forts, lighthouses; mountains, rivers, lakes.

Plan topographique de l'arrondissement de Tan An

event1888

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Map of the district of Tan An (Tân An in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam) dominated by the two branches of the Vàm Cỏ River. The city of Tan An is in the centre of the more populated southern part of the district.

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