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This map of Sumatra is divided into administrative areas called ‘residencies’, which include the surrounding islands such as the Riau Archipelago and islands in the South China Sea.

A large-scale map of northern Sumatra, spread over 16 sheets, and divided into administrative regions. The island of Nijas (Nias) is marked with the locations of local tribes, and there is a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.

Detailed topographical map of South Celebes (Sulawesi) spread over four sheets, featuring crops (coffee, alang-alang, rice), fishing ponds, salt panning. With two additional maps of the island of Saleijer (Selayar) and Pitoempanoewae (Pitumpanua).

A large-scale map of northern Sumatra, spread over 16 sheets, and divided into administrative regions. The island of Nijas (Nias) is marked with the locations of local tribes, and there is a list of other maps referenced in producing the map.

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.

Detailed topographical map of the east coast of Sumatra, spread over 34 sheets. The area’s farms are listed and shown on the map, with types of crop grown. With five inset maps of individual towns. Two sheets and the cover sheet are missing.

A map recording five Dutch expeditions through the Karo Lands of northern Sumatra. The mountainous terrain is represented by contour lines, with peaks’ heights marked. The names of groups of the indigenous Karo people are shown in large letters.

Two separate maps showing the languages and dialects spoken on the islands of Bangka, and the Riouw (Riau) and Lingga archipelagos, in the late 19th century. On Bangka alone, there are 12 languages or dialects listed.

Four maps recording the rainfall, population and ethnicity, crops, and livestock of Java in the late 19th century.

Detailed topographical map of the east coast of Sumatra, spread over 36 sheets plus a cover sheet of the whole area. Mountains and forests dominate, with villages, routes and administrative borders shown. With five inset maps of individual towns.

Map of Saleijer (Selayar)—an island off the south coast of Celebes (Sulawesi)—and nearby islands. Settlements and roads are shown, including a long road along the west coast which links cities marked with a Dutch flag, illustrating colonial rule.

Four-sheet topographic map of the residency of Kediri (East Java), divided into regencies (pink borders) and districts (yellow borders). Mountains, forests, settlements, routes and crops—sugarcane, alang-alang, rice, coffee, sugar, nutmeg—are shown.