Maps of Southeast Asia

Map Collection

The examples shown here are maps of the Pacific Islands held in the Maps Special Collection. Click on the thumbnail images to see a larger version of the maps. All maps are available for viewing during Special Collections business hours.


Aa, Pieter van der, 1659-1733. : Scheeptogt onder den Ammiraal Wybrand Van Warwyk,van Bantam na China Gedaan. Lieden : [Aa?, 172-?]. Call number: G 8000 1720z .A12

Dutch map of Southeast Asia from the 1720s thumbnail


Clüver, Philipp, 1580-1622. Indiae Orientalis et Insularum Adiacentium Antiqua et Nova Descriptio. [Wolfenbüttel? : Per I Bunonem?, 1667?]. Call number: G 8000 1667 .C58

Note: From Cluver'sIntroductionis in Universam Geographiam tam Veterem Quam Novam, 1667.

map of Southeast Asia from 1667 thumbnail


Galvão, Antonio, d. 1557. : D'Indianaaze Landschappen. Leyden : Pieter vander Aa, [1729?]. Call number: G 800 1729 .G35

This map is also featured on the Maps of Burma page.

map of Southeast Asia


Indes Orientales, ou du Gange. [ S.l. : s.n., 16--?]. Call number: G 7625 1600z .I52

map of South and Southeast Asia from 1600 thumbnail


Kitchin, Thomas, d. 1784. An Accurate Map of the East Indies, From the Latest Improvements and Regulated by Astronomical Observations. [London? : R. Sayer & J. Bennett?, 177-?]. Call number: G 7625 1770z .K57

Map of the East Indies from 1770 thumbnail


Mercator, Gerhard, 1512-1594. India Orientalis. [Amsterdam : Ianssen, 1630]. Call number: G 7400 1630 .M47

From Mercator'sAtlas Minor, 1630.

This map is also featured on the Maps of Burma page.

map of India and Cochin China from 1630 thumbnail


Moll, Herman, d. 1732. The East Part of India, or, India Beyond the R. Ganges. [London?: Printed for T. Bowles and J. Bowles?, 1730?]. Call number: G 8005 1730 .M65

From Moll'sAtlas Minor? 1732?

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Map of East India and Cochin China from 1730 thumbnail


Ptolemy, 2nd cent. India Orientalis. . . [Colonia : P. Keschedt, 1608]. Call number: G 7401 .S2 1608 .P78

Notes : From Ptolemy's (?)Geographiae Universae, 1608.

In the lower right corner: Coloniae formulis Jani Buxmacheri, 1600.

This map is formed from two sheets of paper seamed together. There is text in Latin about India on the verso.

map of Southeast Asia from 1608 thumbnail


Ptolemy, 2nd cent. India Tercera Nuova Tavola. [Venetia: Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561]. Call number: G 8001 .S2 1561 .P76

Notes : From Valgrisi'sLa Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo, 1561.

This map is formed from two sheets of paper seamed together. There is text in Italian on the verso on "India Tercera."

map of India Tercera from 1561 thumbnail


Ptolemy, 2nd cent. : Tabula Asiae XI. [Venetia : Appresso Vincenzo Valgrisi, 1561]. Call number: G 7626 .S2 1561 .P76

Notes : Revised and edited by Girolamo Ruscelli. From Valgrisi'sLa Geografia di Claudio Tolomeo, 1561.

This map is formed from two sheets of paper seamed together. There is text in Latin on the verso.

map of the Southeast Asia peninsulas thumbnail