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Two plans of an emplacement (railway yard) at Belawan Port in Medan, North Sumatra, showing it in 1888 and again in 1890 after it had been extended with new railway track, buildings and docks.

A map of the railway/tramway system of the Deli district on the northeast Sumatra coast. Existing and projected lines are shown, with stops and stations, as well as ‘draagbaar’ railways (a railway with movable tracks made by the Decauville company).

A map of the residency of Kediri (East Java) divided into regencies, which are then subdivided into districts. Mountains, roads, railways and rivers are shown. An inset map shows distances between settlements by road, tracks and paths.

A map of Groot-Atjceh and the city of Kota Radja (modern Banda Aceh) at the northern tip of Sumatra, detailing routes (rivers, roads, railways), crops (rice, banana, sugarcane, betel, reed, alang-alang, bamboo) and land features (forests, wetlands).

Map of an expedition route—in red—through the country of the Batak people of northern Sumatra, from Lake Toba to Loemban-Pinasa (Lumban Pinasa) and Djandji. Mountains and forests are shown, along with two drawings of views of hills.

Hand-drawn map of the Karo Lands of northern Sumatra. The mountainous terrain is represented by brown contour lines, with rivers in blue, and villages named.

A map of central Sumatra spread over four sheets, divided into administrative districts, and with roads, railways and settlements marked. An inset map acts as a locator map, showing the main map’s location within Sumatra.

Map marking the border (in orange) agreed between British and Dutch territory on Borneo in 1891. Alternative borders are shown: according to the Dutch (blue), according to the British North Borneo Society (yellow) and proposed by the British (green).

Details of each area’s resources are printed on this map of Sumatra: rattan, coffee, pepper, Chinese cinnamon, tobacco, resins, camphor, cotton, coal, gold, lumber, elephants, horses, as well as the locals’ ethnicity (Malays, Javanese, Acehnese).

Map of the lands of the Pakpak people, an ethnic group of Batak people of northern Sumatra. The names of various sub-ethnic groups—Siem Siem (Pakpak Simsim), Pegagan (Pakpak Pegagan), Kepas (Pakpak Keppas)—are marked to show their territories.

Map of central Flores in the Lesser Sunda Islands, with extensive written notes describing the island, e.g. where the first Christians settled; the territories of local rulers; areas where Christians were replaced by Muslims; locations of tin mines.

Map of the Sambas Regency on the west coast of Borneo, divided into parcels of land which are labelled with the names of businesses that have been issued with concessions: yellow borders denote agricultural concessions; red are mining concessions.