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Book/Printed MaterialDutch New Guinea and the Molucca Islands. "Appendix" (p. 52-53): Notfication of arrangement between Great Britain and Germany, June 18, 1885; Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands, May 16, 1895. "Authorities": p. [1] p. at end.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 70 pages
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MapKarta prolivov Gasparskogo i Bilintona, skopirovannai︠a︡ s prilozhennoĭ k puteshestvii︠u︡ gos. Marshanda i popravlennai︠a︡ po pelengam korabli︠a︡ Nevy. Fevrali︠a︡ 26 dni︠a︡ 1806 goda.
Карта проливов Гаспарского и Билинтона, скопированная с приложенной к путешествию гос. Маршанда и поправленная по пеленгам корабля Невы. Февраля 26 дня 1806 года. [12] Iz izdanii︠a︡: Sobranie kart i risunkov, prinadlezhashchikh k puteshestvii︠u︡ flota kapitana 1-go ranga i Kavalera I︠U︡rii︠a︡ Lisi︠a︡nskogo na korable Neve. Kartograficheskai︠a︡ setka tol'ko po shirote cherez 1°, vykhody koordinat cherez 3', schet dolgot ot Grinvicha. Pokazano: buruny, meli, podvodnye kamni, otmetki glubin, rel'ef shtrikhami. Primechanie: po pelengam Nevskim polozheny: ves' bereg Banki, ostrova Gaspar, Navir, Sredniĭ, Peshchanoĭ, dvukh Kholmov i Melkovodnoĭ. Vidy ostrovov.…- Contributor: Lisi︠a︡nskiĭ, I︠u︡ri
- Date: 1812-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialJava and Madura. Appendix (p. [90]-94): Treaty between Great Britain and the Netherlands, March 17, 1824. "Authorities": p. [95]-97.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 116 pages
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MapSumatra. This fine woodcut map of Sumatra is the first separate map of an Indonesian island to be based on actual empirical data. It is based on Delle Navigationi et Viaggi (Navigations and travels) by Giovanni Battista Ramusio, which was published in three volumes in Venice in 1550-59. Ramusio was a Venetian diplomat, geographer, and historian. Delle Navigationi et Viaggi is a massive work that…- Contributor: Gastaldi, Giacomo - Ramusio, Giovanni Battista - Parmentier, Jean - Parmentier, Raoul, 1529
- Date: 1556-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapKarta proliva Zondskogo gospodina d'Apre de Manneveletta popravlennai︠a︡ po pelengam korabli︠a︡ Nevy.
Карта пролива Зондского господина д'Апре де Манневелетта поправленная по пеленгам корабля Невы. [13] Iz izdanii︠a︡: Sobranie kart i risunkov, prinadlezhashchikh k puteshestvii︠u︡ flota kapitana 1-go ranga i Kavalera I︠U︡rii︠a︡ Lisi︠a︡nskogo na korable Neve. Kartograficheskai︠a︡ setka po shirote cherez 1°, vykhody koordinat cherez 3', schet dolgot ot Grinvicha. Pokazano: naselennyĭ punkt, i︠a︡kornye mesta, put' korabli︠a︡ Nevy v 1806g.; otmetki glubin, podvodnye kamni, meli, rel'ef shtrikhami. Vidy beregov. Original map at: National Library of Russia From the atlas…- Contributor: Lisi︠a︡nskiĭ, I︠u︡ri
- Date: 1812-01-01
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MapNew Hydrographic Map of the Sea and New Southern Lands: Made by the Cosmographer and Mathematician Emanuel Godinho de Eredia.
Nova tavoa hydrographica do mar de novas teras do sul / feita polo cosmographo e math. Emanuel Godinho de Eredia This hydrographic map is the work of Malaysian-Portuguese cartographer Emanuel Godinho de Eredia (1563-1623). At the turn of the 17th century, the Portuguese were exploring southeast Asia from their base in Malacca, searching for the "Islands of Gold" that figured prominently in Malaysian legends. Around 1602, the Viceroy of Portuguese India commissioned an expedition around the islands south of Malaysia and India. Eredia served…- Contributor: Godinho De Eredia, Manuel
- Date: 1602-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingRuins of Prambanan, Tjandi Sewoe, Soerakarta Residence.
Ruïnen van Prambanan, Tjandi Sewoe, Residentie Soerakarta This photograph depicts the ruins of the temple of Prambanan in central Java, the largest Hindu temple ever built in Indonesia and one of the largest in Southeast Asia. Dedicated to the triumvirate of Shiva, Brahma, and Vishnu, the temple was built around 850 A.D. by the Mataram dynasty but abandoned soon after its construction. The Mataram dynasty practiced aspects of both Hinduism and…- Contributor: Springer, C.
- Date: 1852-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialCelebes. "Authorities": [1] page at end.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 50 pages
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Book/Printed MaterialSumatra. "Appendix (p. 70): Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands, for the settlement of their mutual relations in the island of Sumatra, November 2, 1871." Issued as also as v. 14 [no. 2] in a collection of handbooks published under title: Peace handbooks. "Authorities": p. 71.- Contributor: Great Britain. Foreign Office. Historical Section
- Date: 1920-01-01
- Resource: - 88 pages
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Volcano Smeroe (View from the Passaroeng Residence).
De vulkaan de Smeroe (genomen uit de Residentie Passaroeang) This colored lithograph shows Smeroe (Semeru), the largest volcano on the island of Java. Also known as Mahameru, or the Great Mountain, the volcano erupted at least once a year during the 19th century, and since 1967 has been in a state of near-constant activity. This view from the town of Pasuruan shows a plume of smoke coming from the top of mountain. The…- Contributor: Salm, Abraham
- Date: 1872-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialPustaha about Protection against Evil.
Pustaha over een beschermmiddel This illuminated book made of tree bark is a pustaha, written in the script of the Batak people of Northern Sumatra. Pustahas were books describing magical practices, and were intended for use only by Batak spiritual leaders and their disciples. This pustaha describes forms of protection against evil, and is from the special collections of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute of Southeast Asian and Caribbean…- Date: 1880-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingGet Out! The Indies Must be Liberated.
D'r uit! Indië moet bevrijd This 1945 recruiting poster by the Dutch artist Nico Broekman shows a Japanese soldier being booted from the island of Bali, and the caption, "Get Out! The Indies Must Be Liberated." During World War II, Japan occupied the Dutch East Indies in early 1942. After the surrender, a large number of Dutch submarines and some aircraft escaped to Australia and continued to fight as…- Contributor: Brouwer, Cor De - Broekman, Nico
- Date: 1945-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialA voyage round the world : including an embassy to Muscat and Siam in 1835, 1836, and 1837 In 1832, U.S. president Andrew Jackson, acting on the advice of Secretary of the Navy Levi Woodbury, dispatched Edmund Roberts as a "special agent of the government," empowered to negotiate treaties of amity and commerce with countries in Asia. The objective was to expand trade between these countries and the United States. Between early 1832 and May 1834, Roberts circumnavigated the globe. In the…- Contributor: Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress) - Ruschenberger, W. S. W. (William Samuel Waithman)
- Date: 1838
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Book/Printed MaterialChronicle of a Javanese Court in Yogyakarta. This illuminated page in Javanese script is from a chronicle of a Javanese court in Yogyakarta. Located in central Java, Yogyakarta was one of two main pre-colonial royal cities in Java and a center of Javanese culture. The history of local leaders and royal families was recorded in chronicles such as this one. The document is from the collections of the KITLV/Royal Netherlands Institute…- Date: 1800-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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MapMap of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans.
Carte d'une partie de la Chine, les isles Philippines, de la Sonde, Molusques, de Papoesi This 18th-century map of southeast Asia and parts of China was published in Amsterdam by the firm of Covens and Mortier. Pieter Mortier (1661-1711) built up a business that prospered by publishing new editions of atlases by Alexis Hubert Jaillot, Nicolas de Fer, and other French mapmakers. Mortier also acquired the stock of the Dutch mapmaker Frederik de Wit and the right to reprint…- Date: 1760-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingRaden Saleh (1814-1880), Painter in Batavia.
Raden Saleh (1814-1880), schilder te Batavia This photograph depicts Raden Saleh (1807-80), regarded by many scholars as the first modern artist from the Dutch East Indies. Saleh was born into a noble Javanese family and studied with a Belgian artist in the West Javan city of Bogor before going to study in the Netherlands. He spent 20 years in Europe before returning to his native country, where he lived for…- Date: 1870-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA Flood on Java.
Eene vloed op Java This view, showing people on a raft in a flooded river in central Java's Jawa Tengah province is the work of Raden Saleh (1807-80), who is regarded by many scholars as the first modern artist from the Dutch East Indies. Saleh was born into a noble Javanese family and studied with a Belgian artist in the west Javan city of Bogor before going to…- Contributor: Saleh, Raden
- Date: 1865-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingArab Hajji, Probably in Batavia.
Arabische hadji, vermoedelijk te Batavia This carte-de-visite photograph depicts an Arab in the Dutch colonial capital of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) preparing for the hajj. The Arabs in Southeast Asia generally were from the area of Hadramaut in the southern part of Arabia. During the 19th century, the number of Arabs immigrating to Asia increased, but they remained tied to their homeland and often used the wealth acquired in their…- Contributor: Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley) - Page, James
- Date: 1870-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialThe revolt in Arabia, This historical booklet about the origins of the Arab revolt against the Ottoman Empire during World War I was written by Christiaan Snouck Hurgronje (1857-1936), a Dutch professor who specialized in oriental languages and cultures and served as a colonial official in the Dutch East Indies (present-day Indonesia). The booklet is a collection of newspaper articles by Hurgronje that appeared in the newspaper Nieuwe…- Contributor: Snouck Hurgronje, C. (Christiaan)
- Date: 1917
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Photo, Print, DrawingChinese Children at the Tjap-Gomeh Festival in Makassar.
Chinese kinderen op het Tjap-Gomehfeest te Makassar This photograph shows Chinese children participating in the Tjap Go Meh Festival in Makassar, the largest city on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Tjap Go Meh, which takes place 15 days after Chinese New Year, was widely celebrated among Chinese immigrants in Indonesia, and became popular with the local population as well. Also known as the Lantern Festival, it involves parades and performances similar…- Contributor: Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley) - Page, James
- Date: 1880-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Book/Printed MaterialConquista de las Islas Malucas al rey Felipe III N[uestr]o S[eñ]or
Conquista de las Islas Malucas al rey Felipe Tercero | Conqvista de las islas Malvcas al rey Felipe III No. Sor | Conqvista delas islas Malvcas alrey Felipe III No. Sor This is the first edition, published in Madrid in 1609, of a work that recounts in detail the struggle among Portugal, Spain, and local kings and sultans for control of the Maluku (Moluccan) Islands in the 16th century. Also called the Spice Islands, the Maluku are part of present-day Indonesia. Among the individuals who figure in the story are the Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan,…- Contributor: Azara, José Nicolás De - Perret, Pedro - Southeast Asian Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress) - Herrera Y Tordesillas, Antonio De - Harford, Joseph - Leonardo De Argensola, Bartolomé - Killigrew, Charles - Martin De Balboa, Alonso - Hans and Hanni Kraus Sir Francis Drake Collection (Library of Congress)
- Date: 2020
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Photo, Print, DrawingChinese Bride in Batavia.
Chinese bruid te Batavia This photograph shows a Chinese bride in Batavia (present-day Jakarta) in her wedding dress. The commercial development of Batavia under the Dutch created numerous opportunities for immigrants from China, who became a favored minority and helped to support Dutch colonial rule. While many Chinese immigrants and their descendants adopted Dutch lifestyles by the late 19th century, others continued to identify with China and maintained…- Contributor: Woodbury, Walter B. (Walter Bentley) - Page, James
- Date: 1870-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingView of the Island and the City of Batavia Belonging to the Dutch, for the India Company.
Vue de l'isle et de la ville de Batavia appartenant aux Hollandois, pour la Compagnie des Indes This hand-colored engraving of the Dutch colonial capital of Batavia (present-day Jakarta) was created by Jan Van Ryne in 1754. Van Ryne was born in the Netherlands, but spent most of his working life in London, where he specialized in producing engravings of scenes from the British and Dutch colonies. Located at the mouth of the Ciliwung River, Jakarta was the site of a…- Contributor: Ryne, I. Van
- Date: 1754-01-01
- Resource: - 1 page
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Photo, Print, DrawingSumatran Muntjac. This depiction of what is probably Muntiacus muntjak muntjak or Muntiacus muntjak montanus (the Sumatran muntjac) is from a set of 27 drawings on 15 sheets that was discovered in 1986 in the National Library of South Africa. The drawings are important for presenting the earliest realistic depictions of the Khoikhoi people, the original inhabitants of the Western Cape. The artist most likely was…- Date: 1700-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialLetter of Damar Wulan. The Serat Damar Wulan (MSS.Jav.89) is one of the loveliest Indonesian manuscripts in the British Library, with a treasury of illustrations depicting Javanese society in the late 18th century. The pictures are rich in humor and the artist had a marvellous eye for facial expressions and bodily postures (for example, a woman sleeping with her arm across her eyes, a sandal just balanced on…- Date: 1775-01-01
- Resource: - 440 pages
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