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Rough sketch map (not to scale) to illustrate the navigation of the cataracts of Li Pi or Khawn

event1893

location_onLaos, Cambodia

A map of the Li Phi Falls/Tat Somphamit Waterfalls in Laos, on the border with Cambodia, marked with routes taken by boats at different times of the year. One of a number of maps of mainland Southeast Asia by W.R.D. Beckett.

Sketch map of Baram District, Sarawak, Borneo

event1893

location_onMalaysia, Indonesia, Brunei

Map of the Baram District, Borneo, by the British ethnologist Charles Hose, divided into territories of indigenous peoples: Malanaus, Kayans, Kenniahs, Orang-Bukits, Sibops, Madangs, Kalabits, Balaits, Tutongs, Kadayans and Malays.

Die binnenseen von Celebes

event1893

location_onIndonesia

Four maps of areas with lakes in Celebes (Sulawesi), including the lakes and main watershed of the South Peninsula. Three of the maps feature cross-section views (elevations) which show types of rocks.

Indo-China

event1893

location_onCambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia

Topographical map of mainland Southeast Asia. Mountains are represented by hachures—short lines/dashes that give a sense of the shape and steepness of terrain—and settlements, roads and rivers are marked.

No. 4 preliminary chart of the principal triangulation of the Mandalay meridional series

event1893

location_onMyanmar

A triangulation map of part of Upper Burma (Myanmar), showing nine locations (‘hill stations’) joined with straight lines to create a triangulation network. Each hill station’s latitude and longitude, height above sea level, and description is given.

Map of Johore Territory 1893

event1893

location_onMalaysia, Singapore

Map of the Malay state of Johor, and Singapore. The route of a proposed railway north from Johor Bahru is shown. Apart from rivers and mountains, much of the terrain is blank, with labels such as ‘Unexplored Hill Country’ or ‘Dense Jungle and Swamp’.

India: Sugar cane

event1893

location_onMyanmar

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

India: Rice

event1893

location_onMyanmar

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).

India: Cotton

event1893

location_onMyanmar

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).

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