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The lower half of this two-sheet topographic map of the residency of Tagal (Tegal, Central Java) is dominated by mountains, with the upper half split between forests and rice paddies, and the larger settlements near the coast.

This map follows a railway line south from the city of Samarang to Soerakarta and Djokdjokarta (cities in two of the ‘Vorstenlanden’ or ‘Princely Lands’). Other railways, rivers, crops (indigo plants, tobacco, coffee) and sugar factories are marked.

Plan of the palace and botanical gardens in Buitenzorg (Bogor, Java). The palace (now known as Bogor Palace) has a lake and deer park, while the gardens (Bogor Botanical Gardens) is divided into plots for types of plants (fruit plants, seed plants).

The residency of Soerakarta (Surakarta), Central Java, featuring crops (coffee, sugarcane, rice, sugar); warehouses (coffee, sugar, tobacco, indigo plant); factories (sugar, tobacco, indigo plant); routes (railway, postal, road).

A mid-19th century map of the city of Soerabaija (Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia) showing its recently built defences, including the ‘Citadel Prins Hendrik’ fort and a walled moat. Outside the city are villages, plantations and fields.

A mid-19th century map of the important port of Batavia (Jakarta), with its pier, commercial centre and residential streets. However, the city is also surrounded by villages (kampongs), fields and plantations. An inset map shows Batavia Castle.

This detailed map of the Dutch East Indies in the mid-19th century contains a great deal of information: topographical details, settlements and administrative areas, roads, railways and maritime routes, telegraph lines, inset maps etc.

Although published in the mid-19th century, this map is based on Batavia (Jakarta) in c.1740. It focuses on the city’s castle and streets (in red), but also shows the fields of crops and the wetlands surrounding the city (in blue).

The residency of Banjoemaas (Banyumas), Central Java, featuring plantations (bamboo, teakwood, coconut, coffee, cinnamon) and rice; routes (road, postal), administrative borders; mountains, rivers, wetlands, forests.

The residency of Bagelen, Central Java, is shown divided into regencies and districts. Coffee, tea and cinnamon plantations, fields of rice, alang-alang and other crops, mountains, rivers, hot and mineral springs, settlements and routes are marked.

This navigation map of the mouth of the Kaladan River on the west coast of Arracan (modern Myanmar) features drawings of coastal features (elevations), bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and reefs, landmarks, and notes on how to enter the river safely.

Map of the Dutch colonial administrative region (residency) of Preanger Regentschappen, Java with warehouses, factories, mills, cinchona (‘kina’) plantations. (From ‘Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsche Indie [General Atlas of the Dutch East Indies]’.)