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Commercial highways between United States and Asia and the islands of the Pacific

event1900

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

The United States Treasury Department produced this map of trade routes crossing the Pacific Ocean between the United States and Asia. Each route is labelled with the names of its ports, and with the distance between them in miles.

Zuidelijk gedeelte van de Chineesche zee: Blad I

event1899

location_onMalaysia, Singapore, Indonesia

Navigation map of the southern part of the South China Sea, including the straits of Malacca and Singapore, and the Riau Archipelago. Bathymetry (sea depth), lighthouses, shoals and other obstructions are marked, with hills to use as landmarks.

Zuidelijk gedeelte van Straat Malaka

event1899

location_onIndonesia

Navigation map of the southern part of the Strait of Malacca. Bathymetry (sea depth), lighthouses (in red and yellow), shoals and other obstructions (clay, coral, mud, rocks, shells, stones, sand) are marked, with hills to use as landmarks.

Westkust Sumatra: Padang tot Vlakkehoek

event1898

location_onIndonesia

Navigation map of the west coast of Sumatra, including the cities of Padang and Bengkulu, and the Mentawai islands. Bathymetry (sea depth), lighthouses, shoals and other obstructions are marked, with hills and settlements to use as landmarks.

Oostkust Sumatra: Aroe-Baai

event1898

location_onIndonesia

Map of Ara Bay (east coast of Sumatra). Bathymetry (sea depth), tide data, reefs, shoals and other obstructions (clay, mud, shells, stones, sand) are marked. Underwater trenches are shown, with light buoys, and there is an elevation view of the bay.

Westkust Sumatra: Melaboe tot Singkel

event1898

location_onIndonesia

Navigation map of the northwest coast of Sumatra. Bathymetry (sea depth), anchor points, shoals and other obstructions (clay, coral, mud, stones, sand) are marked, with hills and settlements to use as landmarks.

Straat Banka: Zuidblad

event1897

location_onIndonesia

Navigation map of the southern part of the Bangka Strait between Sumatra and Bangka Island. Bathymetry (sea depth), lighthouses, reefs, shoals and other obstructions (clay, coral, mud, stones, sand) are marked.

Atlas van Nederlandsch Oost-Indië

eventc.1897-1904

location_onIndonesia

Very detailed atlas of the entire Dutch East Indies, over 16 map sheets, with a cover and overview map. Includes topographic maps, inset maps of cities and islands, and maps featuring land and sea routes, languages, geology, colonial territory etc.

Soematra, Bangka en de Riouw-Lingga Archipel

event1897

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar

Map of Sumatra and surrounding islands, with residencies—administrative districts—shown by coloured borders. There are inset maps of two residencies surrounding Padang, and of Groot-Atjeh (Aceh). Rivers, railways, roads and settlements are marked.

Oostkust Sumatra: Blad VII

event1896

location_onIndonesia

Navigation map of the waters around the islands of Bengkalis, Pedang and Tebingtinggi, off the east coast of Sumatra. Bathymetry (sea depth), tide data, reefs, shoals and other obstructions (clay, mud, shells, sand) are marked.

Oostkust Sumatra: Mond der Rokan-rivier

event1896

location_onIndonesia

Map of the mouth of the Rokan River on the east coast of Sumatra. Bathymetry (sea depth), tide data, reefs, shoals and other obstructions (clay, mud, shells, sand) are marked. Underlined numbers give the height of the ground above the water.

Ankerplaatsen en mondingen van rivieren op de Noord- en Oostkust van Sumatra: Blad II

event1896

location_onIndonesia

Fifteen separate maps of bays and river mouths of Sumatra, including bathymetry (sea depth), anchor points, reefs and shoals, and tide data. There is a drawing of the mouth of the Pidada-rivier.

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