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Colonial territory is labelled and colour-coded on this map of Southeast Asia. A list on the left edge gives the colonial status, size and population of Asian countries, and ranks the main cities by population. Gold and iron mines are marked.

The United States Treasury Department produced this map of trade routes crossing the Pacific Ocean between the United States and Asia. Each route is labelled with the names of its ports, and with the distance between them in miles.

Dutch-language map of Asia, with mainland Southeast Asia labelled ‘Achter Indie [Beyond India]’.

Map of the island of Sebangka (Lingga Regency, off the east coast of Sumatra), spread over four sheets. It features settlements, crops and plantations, rivers, mountains (with their heights) and wetlands. Only three of four sheets are available.

Map of the island of Temiang (Lingga Regency, off the east coast of Sumatra), featuring crops (coconut, alang-alang), mangroves, mountains (with their heights) and villages. Spread over five sheets, may not be complete or all from same original map.

Seven locations in the Dutch East Indies on one sheet: the islands of Borneo, Sumatra, Celebes (Sulawesi), Ambon and Banda, the city of Padang and its region on the west coast of Sumatra, and the tip of the Minahasa Peninsula (northern Celebes).

Dutch-language map of Asia, with mainland Southeast Asia labelled ‘Achter Indie [Beyond India]’.

Southeast Asia is on sheet four of this map. British colonial territory—British Burma, the Straits Settlements, Sarawak, Brunei, British North Borneo—is highlighted in red, with Dutch, Spanish, French and Portuguese territory also shown.

Navigation map of the southern part of the South China Sea, including the straits of Malacca and Singapore, and the Riau Archipelago. Bathymetry (sea depth), lighthouses, shoals and other obstructions are marked, with hills to use as landmarks.

The Aceh War (1873–1904) between the Sultanate of Aceh and Dutch colonists is highlighted on this map, with areas coloured to show when the Dutch conquered them. Settlements are marked with flags indicating their status; military roads are in red.

Navigation map of the southern part of the Strait of Malacca. Bathymetry (sea depth), lighthouses (in red and yellow), shoals and other obstructions (clay, coral, mud, rocks, shells, stones, sand) are marked, with hills to use as landmarks.

This map of Groot Atjeh (Aceh, northern Sumatra) focuses on Dutch military posts in and around the city of Kota Radja (Banda Aceh) during the Aceh War. It shows new permanent and temporary posts being added over the period 1874 to 1895.