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Map of Java and Madura showing routes, especially for trading purposes, including railways, tramways, roads, ports for steamship services, harbours for different types of imports and exports. A list of train and tram routes is included.

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.

This detailed late 19th century map shows Java divided into regencies, and features mountains, land and sea routes, and an inset map of the port city of Batavia (Jakarta). It was designed to be folded within book covers so it could be easily carried.

This map of Java and Madura is divided into administrative areas: residencies (blue lines), departments (green) and districts (yellow). The locations of government coffee and salt warehouses, as well as railways and tramways (red lines) are marked.

Map of the coastline of the bay of Batavia (Jakarta) showing the extension of the port’s pier (in red, labelled CD), the sand and mud bank and bathymetry (sea depth) in the bay, and notes regarding changes in tide levels over the years.

Designed to aid navigation around the western Java Sea, this map features bathymetry (sea depth), current and tide data, and is marked with shoals, reefs and other hazards. Written notes add details at specific locations (e.g. ‘heavy tide rips’).

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.

A hand-drawn plan for improvements to the pier at the port in Batavia (Jakarta), showing profiles of stone and concrete walls/buttresses to be built along the sides of the ‘Haven Kanaal [Harbour Canal]’. Blue lines on the profiles mark water level.

This detailed map of the Dutch East Indies in the mid-19th century is spread over eight sheets, plus a cover sheet showing the whole area. There are numerous inset maps of islands, bays, cities etc.

This map of the Dutch East Indies is spread over eight sheets, with a hand-drawn cover sheet showing the whole area. There are numerous inset maps of islands, bays, cities etc. Two of the inset maps have a replacement map pasted over them.

Plan of improvements made to the pier at the port in Batavia (Jakarta): red lines show new parts added in 1822; numbers record the change in water depth (red is 1818; black is 1823). Planned future works and the ‘Waterkasteel’ fort are also shown.

Plan of improvements made to the pier at the port in Batavia (Jakarta): red lines show new parts added in 1822; numbers record the change in water depth (red is 1818; black is 1822). Planned future works and the ‘Waterkasteel’ fort are also shown.