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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.

Soematra, Bangka en de Riouw-Lingga Archipel

event1897

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Myanmar

Map of Sumatra and surrounding islands, with residencies—administrative districts—shown by coloured borders. There are inset maps of two residencies surrounding Padang, and of Groot-Atjeh (Aceh). Rivers, railways, roads and settlements are marked.

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.

Upper Burma: With additions and corrections to 1896

event1896

location_onMyanmar

Map of Upper Burma divided into Divisions and Districts, and featuring the Irrawaddy and Chindwin rivers, the Burma State Railway, and settlements including the city of Mandalay.

India shewing railways with stations

event1896

location_onMyanmar

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.

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.

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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