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Kaart van het eiland Bawean

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Topographic map of the island of Bawean in the Java Sea, with terrain shown by contour lines, and mountains labelled with their heights. Villages, forests (heavy, light, teakwood) and crops (coconut, coffee, alang-alang, rice, bamboo) are marked.

Schetskaart der onderafdeeling Toba: aantoonende de verdeeling in hoendoelans of negorijen

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Hand-drawn map of the district of Toba at the southern shore of Lake Toba, Sumatra, further divided into administrative areas (details of which are listed). Roads and paths are marked, and there are two missionary buildings indicated with crosses.

Kaart der afdeelingen Boelèlèng en Djambrana, eiland Bali, vervaardigd in 1885

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Contour lines show the terrain of these two districts at the western end of the island of Bali. Roads connecting the ‘desa’s [villages]’, Hindu temples and rivers are marked. Anchor points around the coast are marked for ships or for local vessels.

Kaart van Atjeh en Onderhoorigheden

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This map of the Atjeh and its surrounding area (modern province of Aceh, Indonesia) is divided into administrative areas. There is an inset map of the capital city Kota Radja (Banda Aceh), and mountains (with their height) and rivers are marked.

Kaart van Zuid Celebes met uitzondering van het Rijk Gowa

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Map of the South Peninsula of Celebes (Sulawesi), spread over four sheets. It features crops (alang-alang, coffee, rice, sugarcane), fishing ponds, salt panning, routes, mountains, forests and settlements. The Gowa Regency is left blank.

Sketch map to illustrate the Lang-son and Red River operations

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Map of the French military advance on the city of Lang-Son in February 1885 during the Sino-French War, and the following month’s humiliating retreat which brought an end to the war, and triggered the collapse of the French government.

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