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Descriptio hydrographica accommodata ad battavorum navagatione in Javam insulam Indiæ Orientalis
1601
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map shows the route of the first Dutch expedition to Southeast Asia in 1595-7. Led by Cornelis de Houtman, it was an attempt to enter the spice trade. The route crosses east over the Indian Ocean, circles the island of Java, and returns west.
Nova tabula insularum Iavae, Sumatrae, Borneonis et aliarum Mallaccam usquae
1601
Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore
Adapted by Theodore de Bry from an original by Willem Lodewycksz, this map has some inaccuracies e.g. the Malay Peninsula (‘Chersonese’) is completely bisected by the Muar River, leaving the southern tip of the peninsula as a separate island.
India orient
1601
Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Early 17th century map of Asia, with annotations in Latin naming the major countries, islands and cities. Maritime Southeast Asia is shown as an archipelago of many small islands. Latin text on the reverse describes the region.
Svmatra cum circumiacentibus insulis
1601
Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore
A colourful early 17th century map of Sumatra, Java and the Malay Peninsula, with North located to the left, and major settlements marked. Latin text on the reverse describes the peoples, religions, languages, agriculture, mining etc. of the region.
Descriptio Malaccae
c.1600-1699
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia
Latin text on the reverse of this map describes Malacca, including crops and products (rice, pepper, spices, pearls), precious metals (gold, silver and tin), and animals (sheep, elephant), showing the city’s importance to European trade at the time.
India orientalis
c.1600-1699
Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Laos, Indonesia, Cambodia, Brunei
This 17th century map features a number of mythical lakes once thought to exist in southern China. One of these lakes (‘Chiamai Lac’) feeds three rivers—labelled ‘Menan’, ‘Manthabam’ and ‘Cosmin’—which flow south through mainland Southeast Asia.
India orien
1600
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
Early 17th century map of Asia, with annotations in Latin naming the major countries, islands and cities. Maritime Southeast Asia is shown as an archipelago of many small islands. French text on the reverse describes crops and animals of the region.
Descriptio hydrographica accommodata ad battavorum navagatione in Javam insulam Indiæ Orientalis
c.1599-1628
Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam
This map shows the route of the first Dutch expedition to Southeast Asia in 1595-7. Led by Cornelis de Houtman, it was an attempt to enter the spice trade. The route crosses east over the Indian Ocean, circles the island of Java, and returns west.
- [remove]Indonesia216
- Malaysia186
- Singapore173
- Vietnam173
- Cambodia171
- Thailand171
- Myanmar170
- Laos167
- Brunei165
- Philippines165
- Southeast Asia165
- East Timor153
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- Sumatra182
- Borneo176
- Java170
- Sulawesi141
- Malay Peninsula126
- Celebes124
- Malacca105
- Pegu104
- Western New Guinea99
- Siam75
- Maluku Islands73
- Iava69
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- Wit, Frederik de18
- Hondius, Jodocus16
- Jansson, Jan15
- Mercator, Gerhard14
- Ortelius, Abraham14
- Ptolemy10
- Blaeu, Willem Janszoon9
- Boehm, Augustus Gottlob9
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- Homann Heirs14
- Peter Schenk12
- Gerard Valck6
- Gerard van Keulen6
- Jean Cóvens et Corneille Mortier6
- Joannes Lhuilier6
- Tobias Conrad Lotter6
- Jan Jansson5
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- Amsterdam97
- Nuremberg19
- Antwerp8
- Augsburg8
- Frankfurt5
- Basel4
- Leiden4
- London3
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