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The residency of Kadoe (Kadu), Central Java, is shown divided into regencies and districts, with population figures for each district. Villages (kampongs) and towns, fields, mountains, rivers and roads are marked. There is an inset triangulation map.

Four-sheet topographic map of the residency of Japara (Jepara, Central Java), with an inset signal map of locations’ heights and distances. Administrative districts, crops—coffee, alang-alang, rice, sugarcane, coconut—and fishing ponds are shown.

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.

Map of the Dutch East Indies, divided into administrative regions with coloured borders. There is an inset map of the important port city of Batavia (Jakarta) and its surroundings.

The route between Saigon and Rangoon taken by the German ethnologist Adolf Bastian is marked on this map of mainland Southeast Asia. There are two inset maps of cites: Mandalay, Amarapura and Ava in Burma; and Bangkok in Siam (including 14 temples).

Map of the Dutch East Indies, divided into administrative regions with coloured borders. There is an inset map of the important port city of Batavia (Jakarta) and its surroundings.

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.

To aid navigation, this map shows small islands, shoals and reefs, maritime routes for use during monsoons or at particular times of the year, bathymetry (sea depth), tide information, shipwrecks, compass roses and landmark mountains at the coasts.

Map of Java divided into Dutch administrative areas (‘residencies’), with roads and paths in red. An inset map shows the route used to send mail from Europe to the East Indies.

Map of Java divided into Dutch administrative areas (‘residencies’), with roads and paths in red. An inset map shows the route used to send mail from Europe to the East Indies.

A mid-19th century map of Celebes (Sulawesi) and the Lesser Sunda Islands, divided into colour-coded administrative districts.