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A late 19th century plan of the city of Manila, Philippines, showing the streets and buildings—categorised as military, civil or religious—around the Pasig River. The city is surrounded by suburbs, fields and wetlands.

A mid-18th century map of the important port of Batavia (Jakarta), with military forts, a pier, hospitals, churches, and residential streets. However, the city is also surrounded by fields and plantations, for producing crops and grazing animals.

Hand-drawn ground plan of a military barracks, probably in the Dutch East Indies. It is surrounded by a moat, with barracks for soldiers, houses for officers, stables for horse artillery, and a parade ground in the centre.