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On this map of India and Burma (Myanmar), shading indicates what percentage of each province is used for the cultivating rice. Part of a series of maps of the same area showing different crops (others include cotton and sugarcane).

On this map of India and Burma (Myanmar), shading indicates what percentage of each province is used for the cultivating cotton. Part of a series of maps of the same area showing different crops (others include rice and sugarcane).

The regional and national borders of Burma and Siam are hand-coloured on this map. Provinces, districts and states within Burma are also highlighted, and itemised in a separate list.

The regional and national borders of Burma and Siam are hand-coloured on this map. Provinces, districts and states within Burma are also highlighted, and itemised in a separate list.

A map surveying coal fields close to the Chindwin River in Upper Burma (Myanmar). Mountains are shown by using hachures: short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain. Survey stations are marked with their height.

Topographical map of the mountainous border region between India and northwest Burma (Myanmar), showing rivers, lakes, villages, towns, roads and railways. High points are marked with their heights so they can be used for triangulation.

This map focuses on India, but also includes Burma (Myanmar), showing the country’s railway lines with their stations, including engine changing stations and junction stations. Part of a series of maps charting the development of the railway system.

Four maps showing the locations of British and Russian military units in Asia, including British and Indian (Madras Army) troops in Burma (Myanmar). Extensive legends identify individual regiments, battalions etc.

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

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).

Map of northeast Burma (Myanmar) bordering China's Yunnan Province. The title refers to ‘operations’ around the town of Sadon, possibly part of the Burmese resistance movement against British colonial rule in the late 19th century.

A map of a teak forest in Baw Bin, Burma (Myanmar) from the late 19th century. It is a ‘working circle’, a plan that divides the forest up into smaller areas so they can be worked separately. The areas are colour-coded, and given a time period.