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Kaart van de Minahassa in de residentie Manado

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On this map of the northern tip of the Minahasa Peninsula, the roads have been added in pencil after the map was printed. Similarly, the elevation (side view) of the peninsula’s mountains has the route of a journey added in pencil.

Kaart van den spoorweg van Samarang naar de Vorstenlanden

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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.

Stanford's portable map of India shewing its present divisions and the adjacent parts of Beluchistan, Afghanistan, Turkestan, the Chinese Empire, Burmah and Siam

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This two-sheet map of India includes Burma (Myanmar) and Siam. British Burma—which came under British colonial rule after the first (1824–1826) and second (1852–1853) Anglo-Burmese wars—is highlighted in red.

Übersichtskarte der Französischen Expedition in Hinterindien vom Me-khong bis zum Jang-tse-kiang

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This map of the border region between China, Birma (Myanmar), Siam (Thailand and Laos) and Anam (Vietnam) is marked with the routes of five expeditions of the region from 1837 to 1868. Locations of Roman Catholic missionaries are also shown.

Neu-Guinea und benachbarte Inseln

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location_onPapua New Guinea, Indonesia

From August Petermann's ‘Geographische Mittheilungen’, this map of New Guinea and neighbouring islands is marked with a maritime route from the western tip of New Guinea that is labelled ‘from Batavia to Hong Kong in 35 days’ and dated 1846.

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