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Map of an expedition along two rivers on the southern coast of British New Guinea, with notes of terrain (‘Undulating country’), vegetation (‘Coconut Palms’) and wildlife (‘Flying Foxes’). More details have been added by hand (‘Ridge about 10ft.’).

Map of Pitoempanoewae (Pitumpanua) on the east coast of South Sulawesi on the Gulf of Boni. Settlements, rivers, roads and rice fields are marked, with wetlands along the coast and mountains further inland.

Map of the Kingdom of Siam, featuring mountains, rivers and villages, and surrounded by a yellow border (the border with Upper Burma and China in the north is undefined). The southern part of Siam is shown on an inset map of the Malay Peninsula.

Map of the district of Tan An (Tân An in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam) dominated by the two branches of the Vàm Cỏ River. The city of Tan An is in the centre of the more populated southern part of the district.

Map of the province of Tra Vinh (Trà Vinh in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam) situated between the mouths of the Sông Cổ Chiên and Bassac rivers. The city of Tra Vinh is towards the north, surrounded by fields, villages, rivers and roads.

Map of the South Peninsula of Celebes (Sulawesi), spread over four sheets. It features crops (alang-alang, coffee, rice, sugarcane), fishing ponds, salt panning, routes, mountains, forests and settlements. The Gowa Regency is left blank.

A map of government land around the town of Montrado, Borneo, a gold mining centre in the 19th century, as shown by the number of gold mines (‘goudmijn’) marked. There are also crops—coconut, alang-alang, bamboo—and agricultural and fish ponds.

The residency of Pasoeroean (Pasuruan), East Java, featuring crops (coffee, cinchona (kina), rice, alang-alang, bamboo) and fishing ponds. Two inset maps: a triangulation map, and a map of distances between settlements by various types of transport.

Three-sheet topographic map of the residency of Madoera (Madura, East Java), with an inset map of distances between locations. Administrative districts, crops—bamboo, sugarcane, alang-alang, rice, coconut, betel—salt pans and fishing ponds are shown.

Map of the Karimunjawa Islands (Java Sea) marked with the locations of shoals, reefs, anchor points and sea depth (bathymetry) to aid navigation; and with geological sites (recent rock/coral formation, basalt rock, schist rock and quartz).

Map of the crops—coconut, alang-alang, rice, nipa palm, bamboo—grown along the Mempawah River (west coast of Borneo). There are also large areas of swampy forest, Malay mosques, shrines and graveyards, and Chinese villages, temples and graveyards.

This map is colour-coded to show the different languages and dialects spoken in Sumatra in the late 19th century.