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Riouw-archipel: Reede Riouw

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Navigation map of the Riau Roadstead (off west coast of Bintan, Riau Archipelago): a body of water sheltered from tides/currents, for ships to anchor. Bathymetry (sea depth) and various obstructions and landmarks (hills, buildings, trees) are shown.

Moluksche archipel: Baai van Amboina

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A map to aid navigation in Ambon Bay, on the island of Ambon in the Maluku Islands: bathymetry (sea depth) and mountains are shown along the coasts, with inset maps of a coal mine pier and Fort Victoria. A second map updates the coal mine pier map.

Sumatra: Residentie Benkoelen (Bengkoelen)

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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.

Java: Residentie Besoeki

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There are over 100 sheets of this very large-scale (1:20,000) topographic map of the regency of Besoeki, Java. Cities and villages, roads, railways and rivers, crops and many more features are all shown in great detail.

Kaart van Padang Si Dimpoewan en omstreken

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Map of Padang Si Dimpoewan (modern city of Padangsidempuan, northern Sumatra) including a military camp and accommodation, schools, a market, jail and graveyard. Crops are grown in the surrounding area: rice, coconut, coffee, alang-alang, bamboo.

Lombok

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Two maps of Lombok (Lesser Sunda Islands) from the time of the Dutch intervention which led to the colonisation of the island. Both maps focus on roads: the first covers the whole island; the second focuses on the capital city of Mataram.

Kaart van het Westelijk gedeelte bezet in Groot-Atjèh

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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).

[Pad van Tangsé naar Kroeng Sabé]

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Map of a path from Tangsé (Tangse) at the top right, southwest to Kroeng Sabi (Krueng Sabee) on the west coast of Aceh, Sumatra. The route crosses mountains and then follows a river to the coast.

Schetskaart der voormalige Ooster-buitenlinie

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Produced during the Aceh War, the ‘Ooster-buitenlinie [Eastern outer line]’ of this map’s title probably refers to Dutch troop positions—marked with flag symbols—along the red road on the left. The road is east of the city of Kota Radja (Banda Aceh).

Kei- of Ewaf-eilanden

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Map of the Kai Islands, in the Banda Sea, designed for navigation: it features bathymetry (sea depth), tide data (arrows), reefs and shoals. Obstructions in the water are marked ‘kr’ (coral), ‘m’ (mud), ‘s’ (shells), ‘st’ (stones), and ‘z’ (sand).

[Lombok]

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This map of Lombok, in the Lesser Sunda Islands, mainly focuses on roads (marked in red) between the larger settlements. Mountains and rivers are also marked, with shoals, reefs and anchor points around the coast.

Residentie Soerabaja

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There are 64 sheets of this very large-scale (1:20,000) topographic map of the regency of Soerabaja (East Java). Cities and villages, roads, railways and rivers, crops and many more features are all shown in great detail. First sheet is an overview.

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