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A late 19th century map of the town of Malacca and its surrounding area, including jungles, forests, mountains, rivers, roads, villages, tapioca estates and factories, and police stations. There is even a leper hospital on an island off the coast.

Rivers and crops are the focus of this map of the northeast coast of Sumatra. Forests and wetlands are marked, as are alang-alang, coconut, pepper, nutmeg and tobacco. Roads are shown as suitable for infantry and light artillery, or for horse riding.

Hand-drawn map of the roadstead—a body of water sheltered from tides/currents, for ships to anchor—at Analaboe (Meulaboh) on the west coast of northern Sumatra. Bathymetry (sea depth), shoals and reefs, and an anchor point are marked.

The residency of Krawang (Karawang), West Java, featuring plantations (coffee, coconut, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar); crops (rice, alang-alang, bamboo); post offices, routes (road, postal, canals), administrative borders; mountains, rivers, forests.

Six-sheet topographic map of the residency of Cheribon (Cirebon, West Java), with an inset of a geodesic triangle grid. Administrative districts, crops—rice, alang-alang, sugarcane, sugar, coffee, tea—and indigo plant mills are shown.

Map of three regions on the northeast coast of Sumatra, with each region divided into parcels of land which are labelled with the name of a company. Presumably, these companies have been issued the contracts mentioned in the map’s title.

This map of central Sumatra is dominated by the rivers that flow east, from the west coast mountain ranges to the Malacca Strait (labelled ‘Zee van Riouw’). The largest is the Batang Hari River that flows through the city of Djambi (modern Jambi).

A map of a route taken by the Dutch Christian missionary Johannes Albert Traugott Schwarz. Over four days, accompanied by Anton de Lange, he walked from Popo (Poopo) south through the Minahasa Peninsula. The map also shows an earlier aborted route.

Rivers and crops are the focus of this map of Deli (east coast of Sumatra). Forests and wetlands are marked, as are alang-alang, coconut, pepper, nutmeg and tobacco. Roads are shown as suitable for infantry and light artillery, or for horse riding.

This late 19th century map of Southeast Asia shows the best maritime routes around the region, according to the time of year. There are also inset maps highlighting the rivers and southern islands of Singapore, and the sea depth around Labuan Island.

A geological map showing the types of rock and minerals found in the Oembilien coalfield, in the Padang Highlands on Sumatra’s west coast. Coal, rocks and fossils are marked, and the heights of mountains are given.

This detailed late 19th century map shows Java and Madura divided into regencies, and features mountains, roads, railways, and rivers.