A commemorative print placed a map among scenes of missionary activity, visualising the Dutch Missionary Society’s presence across parts of the archipelago.
Tourism materials transformed islands into destinations, using illustrated maps to introduce landscapes, routes and attractions to prospective visitors.
Postcards mapped individual islands, while airline maps traced routes across the Indies, presenting distance and geography through expanding networks of mobility.
As war reshaped the region, maps positioned the Indies within narratives of strategic territory, international conflict and the continuity of the Dutch kingdom.
