Six maps and plans.

Author: 
Java; Malaya; Malaysia; Indonesia; Semarang; Sumatra
Publication details: 
Circa 1940s.
£135.00
SKU: 5020

All six items aged, but in reasonable condition overall. ITEM ONE: Cloth (British army?) map, roughly thirty-six inches by twenty-three wide, in colours, of 'SIAM (THAILAND) (EXTREME SOUTH) MALAYA (F.M.S.) SUMATRA (CENTRAL), with 'SIAM (THAILAND) (PART OF) SUMATRA (NORTH)' on reverse. With pin holes in corner borders (not affecting map). ITEM TWO: Dutch cloth-backed map, roughly twenty-two inches by thirty-five, in colours (Lith: G. Kolff & Co. Batavia'), for the 'Java Motor Club', of 'MIDDEN [middle] JAVA'. With a little damp staining to reverse. ITEM THREE: Dutch blueprint of the Semarang electricity supply, roughly twenty-six inches by sixteen wide, picked out in red, dated May 1940 ('Alg. Nederl. - Indische Electriciteit My. Groep: D. KABELNET 6000 VOLT [...] OVERZICHT HOOGSP. KABELNET SEMARANG'). ITEM FOUR: Coloured (British army?) town plan of Semarang ('REFER TO THE MAP AS: - HIND 1072 SEMARANG 4TH. EDITION.'), roughly thirty inches by twenty-two wide, dated February 1946. ITEM FIVE: Coloured Dutch map (or fragment of larger map) of Semarang and environs, roughly seventeen inches by twenty-eight wide. ITEM SIX: map of Java, in red and black, 'Issued by the Travellers Official Information Bureau of the Netherlands Indies', roughly seven inches by twenty wide; with map of the 'N. I. Archipelago' on reverse. 'PRINTED IN THE NETHERLANDS INDIES BY DE UNIE'.