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Title: Spoor- en Tramwegkaart van Java en Madoera. [1909 edition].
Description: Batavia, Topographische Inrichting, 1909. In two parts (both oblong, 49.0 x 64.5 cm). Colour printed. Versos blank. = The firs of the rail and tramway maps of Java and Madura was published in 1898 on a scale of 1:1,000,000. In the following years (1900, 1906, 1909, 1925, etc. - the last one on a reduced sheet) new, altered, editions were published. All are quite detailed, and show towns, rivers, and provinces too. Three smaller maps (scale 1: 25,000) show the railway and tramway nets of the three largest towns, Batavia (Jakarta), Semarang, and Soerabaja (Surabaja) in particular. Included are tracks that were in various stages of development (proposed, accepted, under construction, active). Outer margins very slightly frayed, and very lightly soiled, with a few tiny chips and tears, but generally very clean. a very good complete copy.

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