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Map of tobacco plantations in three regencies on the east coast of Sumatra. Each plantation is marked in red with the name of the brand under which its tobacco is imported into the Netherlands. Roads, railways and rivers are also shown.

Map showing the results of an 1884 agreement between the Netherlands and Britain to exchange parts of their colonial territories in New Guinea: the red area was ceded by the Netherlands to Britain; green was ceded by Britain to the Netherlands.

This late 19th century map shows Java and Madura divided into regencies and departments, and further divided into districts. Government land used for growing coffee, businesses, agriculture, railways, postal routes and major roads are also shown.

Map of Groot-Atjeh (Aceh, Sumatra) divided into administrative districts. Mountains, forests, villages, railways, roads and rivers are marked. There are inset maps of Poeloe Bras (Breueh Island), and showing distances between larger settlements.

Hand-drawn map of the design of a drinking water pipeline for the city of Cheribon (Cirebon) on the northern coast of Java. Roads, rivers, rice paddies and other fields are shown. The written notes include the city’s population figures by ethnicity.

Navigation map of the mouth of the Padang Tikar River, on the west coast of Borneo, featuring bathymetric (water depth) routes. Obstructions are marked with letters: ‘m’ (mud), ‘z’ (sand). Trees, hills and fishermen’s houses are shown as landmarks.

Navigation map of the mouth of the Padang Tikar River, on the west coast of Borneo, featuring bathymetric (water depth) routes. Obstructions are marked with letters: ‘m’ (mud), ‘z’ (sand). Trees, hills and fishermen’s houses are shown as landmarks.

The coloured areas on this map indicate the coastal regions that flooded after the 1883 Krakatoa volcanic eruption. Krakatoa is shown in the centre of the Sunda Strait, between Sumatra and Java.

Map of Lepong (Leupung) in Aceh, northern Sumatra, surrounded by paddy fields and mountains. There are handwritten corrections and additions in red ink, and an inset map of the mouth of the Kroeng Lepong river showing it four years earlier in 1879.

The residency of Batavia, West Java, featuring plantations (coffee, tea, coconut, cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar); crops (rice, alang-alang, bamboo); fishing ponds; factories, warehouses, shops; routes, administrative borders; mountains, rivers, lakes.

A map showing the results of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano. Black numbers indicate sea depth before the eruption; red numbers are after.

The Aceh War (1873–1904) between the Sultanate of Aceh and Dutch colonists is highlighted on this map of Groot-Atjeh in 1876. Flag symbols mark the locations of Dutch military posts, and some villages are described as ‘verbrande [burnt]’.