Mapping the Netherlands East Indies : A Cartographic Appraisal / Ferjan Ormeling and Paul van den Brink.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ormeling, Ferjan, author.

author.

Series:

Mapping the Past ; 9.

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026.

Mapping the Past ; 9

Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books online, Collection 2026

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asian Studies.

History.

Book History and Cartography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (557 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

A Cartographic Appraisal

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mapping of the Netherlands East Indies was, first and foremost, meant to serve as an instrument for the government to keep its inhabitants under control and tap its resources. Only after 19, in studies to alleviate poverty, did the colonial subjects' welfare become an item. However, even granted that mapping operations in the East Indies were principally motivated by colonialism, subjugation, and exploitation, the cartographic legacy of the Netherlands to independent Indonesia remains essential: at the time, it left the young Republic a comprehensive array of excellent hydrographic charts, up-to-date topographical maps of Java and other populous areas in the Archipelago, and sound educational material. Sadly, the dramatic transfer of power and sovereignty precluded an organised transfer of cartographic knowledge. Moreover, too few Indonesians were trained to take over, except perhaps in geological and volcanological mapping. This book describes the efforts of cartographers to map and chart the Indonesian Archipelago between 18 and 1962. Preceded by collecting and analysing the available source materials and underlying texts, it aims to present the first comprehensive evaluation of post-VOC Dutch mapping against the backdrop of the colonial state (18–1942) and the subsequent period of decolonisation (1942–1949/62). Although the common idea that cartography and maps, in many ways, were used as tools of power and oppression is endorsed, the approach is primarily descriptive and only critical as far as the cartographic representation is concerned. The book is meant to be a user guide that informs and differentiates, and may be valuable for anyone interested in Dutch mapping in Indonesia, providing a versatile overview of a largely unknown range of topographical and hydrographic maps. You can read about Professor Ormeling's contributions to the field in the In Memoriam published in Caert Thresoor 44.3 (225).

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Series Information

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

INTRODUCTION

0.1 Dutch Colonial Mapping 1800-1962

0.2 Periodization

0.2.1 The period up to 1816

0.2.2 The period 1816-1864

0.2.3 The period 1864-1905

0.2.4 The period 1905-1942

0.3 The Impact of Mapping the Colony

0.3.1 The impact of the mapping endeavours - world exhibitions

0.3.2 Conceived impact

0.4 Terminology

0.5 Organizational Set-up

0.6 Motivation

0.7 Acknowledgements

CHAPTER 1 The Cartographic Inheritance of the VOC

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The Marine Atlases by De Graaf and De Haan

1.3 Fortification maps by Reimer

1.4 Cadastral maps of Batavia by Radermacher

1.5 The maps and charts produced by the Naval Academy in Semarang

1.6 Herman Willem Daendels, 1808-1811

1.7 The British interregnum, 1811-1816

1.8 Renewed Dutch authority, 1816-1825

1.9 The VOC's heritage

CHAPTER 2 Mapping for the Java and Padri Wars

2.1 Introduction

2.2 Revolt in Yogyakarta

2.3 Post-war measures

2.4 The Padri Wars, 1817-1838

2.4.1 The example set by Beijerinck

2.5 Continuation

CHAPTER 3 The Hydrographic Survey of the Netherlands East Indies

3.1 Introduction

3.2 Preamble

3.3 The struggle for independence of the Hydrographic Bureau in the Netherlands East Indies

3.4 The Batavia Hydrographic Bureau, 1862-1894

3.5 Contents and design of the Dutch charts

3.6 The 1900-1942 period

3.7 The Netherlands East Indies Government Navy

3.8 International cooperation

3.9 Hydrographic follow-up

CHAPTER 4 Positioning the Outer Isles: The Accuracy of Overview Maps of the Archipelago

4.1 Introduction

4.2 Von Derfelden's General Map of the Netherlands East Indies, 1842.

4.3 The Carte Générale des Possessions Néerlandaises aux Indes Orientales by Melvill van Carnbée, 1846

4.4 Criticism of Von Derfelden's map

4.5 Accuracy of the Java maps before triangulation

4.6 The Algemeene Atlas van Nederlandsch Indië by Melvill and Versteeg, 1853-1862

4.7 The Java map by Franz Wilhelm Junghuhn, 1855

4.8 Final remarks

CHAPTER 5 The Residency Maps 1:100,000: Nineteenth-Century Topographical Maps of Java

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Mapping the capital region

5.3 Extension of the survey to Cirebon residency and beyond: the first series of residency maps

5.4 Characteristics of the residency maps

5.5 The Eckstein process

5.6 The second series of residency maps: triangulation first, more standardized symbology

5.7 Criticism

CHAPTER 6 The Establishment of the Topographical Survey

6.1 Introduction

6.2 From military reconnaissance to an independent Topographical Survey, 1864

6.3 Tiresome cooperation with the Navy (Geographical Service) and the Department of the Interior (Statistical Service)

6.4 Standardization, 1865-1870

6.5 Independent section of the General Staff

6.6 Second edition of the residency maps: updating the series

6.7 The 1:20,000 detail sheets

6.8 Other map series derived from the residency maps

6.9 Conclusion and outlook

CHAPTER 7 Mapping the Outer Isles

7.1 Introduction

7.2 Unsystematic and scientific mapping

7.3 Systematic mapping

7.4 West Sumatra

7.5 Aceh

7.6 South Sumatra

7.7 East Sumatra: the Deli sultanate

7.8 West Borneo

7.9 South-West Celebes

7.10 The Lesser Sunda Isles

7.11 Similarities and differences

7.12 Continuation

CHAPTER 8 Irrigation and Forestry Maps

8.1 Introduction

8.2 Irrigation maps

8.3 Forestry maps

8.4 Work of the Forestry Survey and Mapping Committee, 1861-1871.

8.5 Forestry mapping practice after 1890

8.6 Post-war development

CHAPTER 9 Mining Surveys and Geological Mapping

9.1 Introduction

9.2 Early geological mapping

9.3 1850: Start of the Mining Survey

9.4 Volcanological intermezzo 1: Krakatoa 1883

9.5 Oil exploration

9.6 Geological mapping in the twentieth century

9.7 Volcanological intermezzo 2: the Kelud eruption and the Volcanological Survey

9.8 Standardized legend

9.9 Comparison with British India

9.10 Conclusion

CHAPTER 10 Town Plans

10.1 Introduction

10.2 Town plan functions

10.3 Customary town plan production

10.3.1 Town plans produced from topographical maps

10.3.2 Cadastral maps as sources for town plans

10.4 The cadastral overview map of Batavia: content and legend

10.5 Urban planning maps

10.6 Colonial aspects

10.7 Witkamp's urban model

10.8 Continuation

CHAPTER 11 Centralization and the Permanent Surveying and Mapping Committee

11.1 Introduction

11.2 1883: Close to discontinuation

11.3 1896: The training brigade

new 1:25,000, 1:50,000 and 1:100,000 map series

11.4 Small-scale overview maps

11.5 Centralization

11.6 The Permanent Surveying and Mapping Committee

11.7 The annual reports of the Topographical Survey, 1905-1939

11.8 Manpower

11.9 Conclusion

CHAPTER 12 Cadastral and Land Rent Mapping

12.1 Introduction

12.2 The Cadastral Service

12.3 The Cadastral Service takes over the land rent survey

12.4 Land rent

12.5 The statistical survey under the Direction of Cultures of the Department of the Interior

12.6 Transfer of the land rent survey to the Cadastral Service

12.7 1905: Transfer of land rent mapping to the Topographical Survey

12.8 Conclusion

CHAPTER 13 The Encyclopaedic Bureau (1909-1921) and Thematic Cartography

13.1 Introduction.

13.2 'East Indian' cartography

13.3 The Encyclopaedic Bureau

13.4 Cartography of the Encyclopaedic Bureau

13.5 Final remarks on the Encyclopaedic Bureau

13.6 Other thematic map production

13.7 The Central Statistical Office

13.8 The Agricultural Atlas of Java and Madura, 1926

13.9 Missionary maps

13.10 Economic maps

13.11 Climatological maps

13.12 Language maps

CHAPTER 14 Rail, Tramway, and Road Maps

14.1 Introduction

14.2 Rail network planning and extension

14.3 Railway construction and maintenance maps

14.4 Tramway maps: tramway construction

14.5 Tramway company overview maps

rail system maps

14.6 Road maps

14.7 Automobile clubs

14.8 The cartographic programme of the JMC

14.9 The cartographic programme of the DAC

14.10 Conclusion

CHAPTER 15 Professional Upgrading of the Topographical Survey and International Cooperation, 1918-1942

15.1 Introduction

15.2 Jan van Roon (1872-1930)

15.3 Extending the mapping activities from Java to the Outer Isles again

15.3.1 Bangka

15.3.2 South-East Borneo

15.4 The quest for scientific supervision: Samuel van Valkenburg (1890-1976)

15.5 Retrenchments

15.6 The generalization of overview maps

15.7 The International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale (IMW)

15.8 The introduction of photogrammetry

15.9 Personnel and training aspects

15.10 Wilhelm Linneman (1895-1968)

15.11 Toponymy

15.12 Decolonizing Indonesian place names

15.13 Conclusion

CHAPTER 16 Educational Cartography, 1855-1950

16.1 Introduction

16.2 Educational structure

16.3 School atlases in general

16.4 Pijnappel's pioneering atlas

16.5 Versteeg's Malay atlas

16.6 Willem van Gelder

16.7 The lost bilingual school atlas for Semarang schools by Herman Philip Theodoor Witkamp.

16.8 School atlases produced by the Topographical Survey

16.9 The Atlas ketjil Hindia-Nederland, 1924

16.10 Dumont and Poldermans: Nieuwe schoolatlas van Nederlandsch Oostindië, 1924

16.11 Wall maps

16.12 Final comments: colonial aspects of the educational material

CHAPTER 17 Tourist Cartography of the Netherlands East Indies

17.1 Introduction

17.2 Guides for the journey to the Netherlands East Indies

17.3 Travel guides for Java

17.4 The Vereeniging Toeristenverkeer

17.5 Comments

CHAPTER 18 Maps and Atlases of the East Indies Produced by Commercial Publisherss

18.1 Introduction

18.2 Loose-leaf map sheets

18.3 Various data flows

18.4 Town plans

18.5 Atlases

18.6 Contents of Dornseiffen's atlas

18.7 Reproduction and layout

18.8 Dornseiffen's atlas as a historical source

18.9 Other commercial mapping activities in the colony

18.10 Comments

CHAPTER 19 The Cartographic Situation in early 1942 and the Japanese Occupation, 1942-1945

19.1 Introduction

19.2 The situation in 1942

19.2.1 Hydrographic charting

19.2.2 Topographical mapping

19.2.3 Cadastral and land rent mapping

19.2.4 Geological and soil mapping

19.2.5 Forestry and irrigation maps

19.2.6 Rail, road, town, and tourist maps

19.2.7 Educational material

19.3 War effort

19.4 Sketch maps

19.5 Japanese occupation

19.6 Conclusion

CHAPTER 20 The Final Years, 1945-1962: Post-War Mapping, Bathymetry, and the Mapping of Netherlands New Guinea

20.1 Introduction

20.2 The Topographical Survey, 1945-1950

20.3 Topographical mapping in the Outer Isles

20.4 The Geographical Institute

20.5 Mapping New Guinea

20.6 Military exploration of New Guinea, 1907-1915

20.7 Mapping activities in New Guinea, 1915-1942

20.8 American wartime mapping

20.9 Post-war mapping of Netherlands New Guinea.

20.10 Production of the 1:100,000 series of Netherlands New Guinea in Delft.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9789004749801

OCLC:

1603128685

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004749801 DOI