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1. Minto map collection, 1769-1811

   14 manuscript maps. 1 accompanying text. -- Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

   Summary:

   The Minto map collection contains 14 manuscript maps of Penang (Malaya), Sumatra, Java, and Ternate (Dutch East Indies) and a short text accompanying one of the maps. The maps were collected on behalf of and owned by Gilbert Elliot, Earl of Minto, likely during his tenure as Governor-General of India from 1807-1814. These richly colored and illustrated maps show forts, cities, notable geographic features, and soundings of the waters surrounding and between islands. The maps reflect the geopolitical conflicts between the British, Dutch, and French empires in the Indonesian region during the Napoleonic Wars.