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The use of hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—highlight the mountain ranges along the west coast of Sumatra, with rivers flowing east. The island is divided into administrative ‘residencies’.

The residency of Bagelen, Central Java, is shown divided into regencies and districts. Coffee, tea and cinnamon plantations, fields of rice, alang-alang and other crops, mountains, rivers, hot and mineral springs, settlements and routes are marked.

Map of the city of Malakka (Malacca/Melaka) and its surroundings, with rivers, hills and a coastal road marked. There is a military fort, presumably the ‘A Famosa [The Famous]’ fort that is noted on the map as having been demolished.

Map of the city of Malakka (Malacca/Melaka) and its surroundings, with rivers, hills and a coastal road marked. There is a military fort, presumably the ‘A Famosa [The Famous]’ fort that is noted on the map as having been demolished.