Sunday, 20 March 2016

Some Treasures at the Museum Nasional, Jakarta

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One of best things I did during my visits to Jakarta was to visit the treasure-filled National Museum of Indonesia (Museum Nasional). Here...
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Thursday, 24 September 2015

When did Singapore become an island? Part IV

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Peter Borschberg has written an excellent article on the early mapping of Singapore [1]. This article is part of the book published in con...
Saturday, 1 August 2015

Where Olivia Mariamne Raffles and John Caspar Leyden rest...

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About 10 minutes walk from the National Museum of Indonesia in Jakarta, by Jalan Tanah Abang, is a small cemetery, or what is left of a b...
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Sunday, 24 May 2015

Tree Island: The entrance to the Singapore Strait, and a boundary marker

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On display at the Land of Gold and Spice (LoGaS) exhibition at the National Library are several Dutch and British navigational charts fro...
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Sunday, 3 May 2015

Map of Singapore Town, 1881. Sold for $95,000.

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Name: Map of Singapore Town shewing building allotments & registered numbers of crown leases Year: 1881 Map maker: Thambo Peter ...
Sunday, 19 April 2015

Sketch of the Land round Singapore Harbor, Feb 7 1819

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One of the main exhibits in the ' Land of Gold and Spice ' map exhibition at the National Library (on till 19th July) is undoubtedl...
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Saturday, 21 March 2015

Another Early Close-up Map of Singapore: Manuel Godinho de Erédia, 1615

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Name: Folio 26,  Historia de Servicos com Martiro de Luis Monteiro Coutinho   Year: 1615 Map maker: Manuel Godinho de Erédia Manuscript ...
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