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Map to illustrate Convention of March 1st 1894 between Great Britain and China: From the Map of Upper Burma

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Map of the border region between the Shan States of northeast Burma (Myanmar) and China's Yunnan Province, illustrating the result of the 1894 Sino-British boundary convention. The Burma side is more detailed, with mountains, rivers and settlements.

A map of British North Borneo

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location_onMalaysia, Brunei, Indonesia

The colonial territories of British North Borneo are shown in pink on this late 19th century map, with Brunei and Sarawak in green, and Dutch colonial territory in yellow. Sea routes around the British Empire are depicted on an inset map.

India shewing railways

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This map of India and Burma (Myanmar) shows railways, and railways sanctioned or under construction. Other maps in this series show the same area in different years of the 1890s.

Queensland & British New Guinea

eventc.1894-1897

location_onIndonesia, Papua New Guinea

The first two sheets of this eight-sheet map focus on British New Guinea, with German and Dutch colonial areas of New Guinea also shown in part. There is a line marking a proposed change in border between Dutch and British territory.

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