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This map of the Dutch East Indies uses colour to demarcate government administrative areas (residencies or provinces), with red dots/flags indicating the locations of various levels of government officials. With inset maps of west Sumatra and Java.

Map marking the border (in orange) agreed between British and Dutch territory on Borneo in 1891. Alternative borders are shown: according to the Dutch (blue), according to the British North Borneo Society (yellow) and proposed by the British (green).

A map recording five Dutch expeditions through the Karo Lands of northern Sumatra. The mountainous terrain is represented by contour lines, with peaks’ heights marked. The names of groups of the indigenous Karo people are shown in large letters.

A map of the residency of Kediri (East Java) divided into regencies, which are then subdivided into districts. Mountains, roads, railways and rivers are shown. An inset map shows distances between settlements by road, tracks and paths.

A map of Groot-Atjceh and the city of Kota Radja (modern Banda Aceh) at the northern tip of Sumatra, detailing routes (rivers, roads, railways), crops (rice, banana, sugarcane, betel, reed, alang-alang, bamboo) and land features (forests, wetlands).

A map of central Sumatra spread over four sheets, divided into administrative districts, and with roads, railways and settlements marked. An inset map acts as a locator map, showing the main map’s location within Sumatra.

Map marking the border (in orange) agreed between British and Dutch territory on Borneo in 1891. Alternative borders are shown: according to the Dutch (blue), according to the British North Borneo Society (yellow) and proposed by the British (green).

Details of each area’s resources are printed on this map of Sumatra: rattan, coffee, pepper, Chinese cinnamon, tobacco, resins, camphor, cotton, coal, gold, lumber, elephants, horses, as well as the locals’ ethnicity (Malays, Javanese, Acehnese).

The seas of the Dutch East Indies are the focus of this map, with maritime routes, sea temperature, sea depth, currents and monsoons shown. There are graphs of population by ethnicity, agriculture and livestock, trade and shipping, and trade exports.

Hand-drawn map of Flores in the Lesser Sunda Islands, with extensive written notes describing the island, e.g. the interior is unknown to Europeans; the names of the main Christian villages are underlined.

This detailed late 19th century map shows Java divided into regencies, and features settlements, roads, railways, rivers, and maritime routes. There is also an inset map of the Kangean Islands.

This map of Sumatra is divided into administrative areas called ‘residencies’, which include the surrounding islands such as the Riau Archipelago and islands in the South China Sea.