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Burma and adjacent countries: With additions and corrections to boundaries and railways up to December, 1898

event1898

location_onMyanmar, Thailand

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.

Burma with parts of India, China and Siam

event1888

location_onMyanmar, Laos, Thailand

Map of Burma used as advertising by a clothing shop in Rangoon (Yangon, Myanmar). There is a calendar with each day marked with an historic event. The map is labelled with indigenous peoples (uppercase red text) and products of each area.

India

event1898

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand

British Burma is coloured pink on this six-sheet map of India. Mountains are represented by hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—and settlements, railways, roads, rivers and lighthouses are marked.

A Map of the Malay Peninsula

event1897

location_onIndonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand

On this late 19th century map of the Malay Peninsula, the British colonial territories—the Straits Settlements of Singapore, Malacca, Dinding and Penang—are in red, demarcating them from the British protectorate states of the rest of the peninsula.

Burma-Siam boundary

event1897

location_onThailand, Myanmar

A topographic map of the Burma-Siam (Myanmar-Thailand) border spread over six sheets. High points are marked with their heights so they can be used for triangulation. Settlements and streams are also shown.

Map of Tennasserim

event1897

location_onMyanmar, Thailand

The border of the Tenasserim Division of British Burma (Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar) is highlighted in orange on this set of six map sheets, showing the boundary with Siam (Thailand) to the east, and the islands off the west coast.

Route chart to India and the East

event1895

location_onBrunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Vietnam

Map of Asia featuring steamship routes—including around Southeast Asia—connecting ports such as Penang, Singapore, Batavia (Jakarta), Saigon, Bangkok, Rangun (Yangon), Manila, Macassar (Makassar) etc. There is also an inset map of Singapore.

Upper Burma

event1895

location_onMyanmar, Thailand

Map of Upper Burma, showing the borders with Assam (India), China and Siam (Thailand), as well as internal administrative borders. Mountains with their heights, settlements, rivers and railways (completed, proposed and under construction) are shown.

India

event1895

location_onMyanmar, Thailand

Although this map focuses on India, it also includes Burma (Myanmar), showing the administrative districts that existed under British colonial rule in the late 19th century. Burma's national borders are orange (with India) and red (with Siam).

India

event1895

location_onMyanmar, Thailand

Although this map focuses on India, it also includes Burma (Myanmar), showing the administrative districts that existed under British colonial rule in the late 19th century.

The chief passes from Siam into Tavoi / The Siamese Malay States

event1895

location_onMyanmar, Thailand, Malaysia

Two maps of Siam (Thailand). The larger map shows routes through mountain passes from Siam to the city of Tavoi (Dawei, on the west coast of Myanmar). The smaller map is marked with trade routes around Lower Siam (Southern Thailand).

Upper Burma

event1894

location_onMyanmar, Thailand

Map of Upper Burma, showing the borders with Assam (India), China and Siam (Thailand), as well as internal administrative borders. Mountains with their heights, settlements, rivers and railways (completed, proposed and under construction) are shown.

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