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Map of the East Indies, showing Dutch colonial territory (Dutch East Indies) in the mid-19th century. Coloured borders are used to highlight internal administrative regions. Three inset maps show other Dutch territories outside Southeast Asia.

Map of the bay at Bengkoelen (Bengkulu, west coast of Sumatra), with bathymetry (sea depth), islands, shoals and reefs marked. Two lighthouses are shown, with lines to indicate the limits of their range.

Hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—are used to show the mountains of Sumatra’s west coast, and of the Padang Highlands and Lowlands. Text lists the heights of some of the region’s chief mountains.

Detailed map of Java based on the expeditions of the geologist and botanist Dr. Franz Junghuhn. There are 16 inset maps featuring volcanoes, mountains and coal seams.

Map of Java divided into administrative areas (‘residencies’ and ‘regencies’). Mountains are represented by hachures, short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain. Postal routes and roads are also marked.

Map of Java divided into administrative areas (‘residencies’ and ‘regencies’). Mountains are represented by hachures, short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain. Postal routes and roads are also marked.

One sheet (of eight) from a map of the Dutch East Indies, used in schools in the mid-19th century. Java is divided into residencies, and mountains—represented by short lines/dashes called hachures—major roads and settlements are shown.

Map charting expeditions in southern and eastern Borneo by the German geologist Carl Schwaner in the 1840s. Includes an inset map of rivers and watersheds in central Borneo, nine cross sections of the heights of rivers, and a plan of a gold mine.

This map of Java and Madura uses hachures: short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain. Roads, railways and rivers are marked, as are anchor points and coral reefs (marked with letter ‘K.’ before their name).

Two maps covering part of Sumatra’s west coast, divided into administrative districts. Mountains, rivers, settlements and islands off the coast are marked.

This map of Asia uses hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—over most of Southeast Asia. Major rivers, islands and cities are also marked.

On this map of Asia, colours are used to show the colonial territories of the European powers, and to show Muslim and Buddhist regions: Sumatra is divided between the Netherlands and local rulers; the Straits Settlements underlined in red (British).