{"id":1808949,"date":"2022-09-07T10:05:48","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T14:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1808949"},"modified":"2022-09-07T10:05:48","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T14:05:48","slug":"southeast-asia-historical-maps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2022\/09\/southeast-asia-historical-maps\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeast Asia Historical Maps"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mercator, Insul\u00e6 Indi\u00e6 orientalis pr\u00e6cipu\u00e6<\/i>, 1606.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Digital Historical Maps of Singapore and Southeast Asia project<\/a>, hosted by (the soon-to-be-defunct) Yale-NUS College in Singapore, curates a collection of pre-1900 maps of southeast Asia. The maps are drawn from the Bodleian, Beinecke and Leiden libraries, as well as Singapore\u2019s National Library Board. [Maps Mania<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Digital Historical Maps of Singapore and Southeast Asia project, hosted by (the soon-to-be-defunct) Yale-NUS College in Singapore, curates a collection of pre-1900 maps of southeast Asia. The maps are drawn from the Bodleian, Beinecke… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[702,1060],"class_list":["post-1808949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-antique-maps","tag-asia","tag-singapore","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1785978,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/07\/jug-cerovic-maps-the-singapore-mrt\/","url_meta":{"origin":1808949,"position":0},"title":"Jug Cerovi\u0107 Maps the Singapore MRT","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"24 July 2018","format":"image","excerpt":"Jug Cerovi\u0107's map of the Singapore MRT is a gem\u2014literally. 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