National Library Singapore Digitised Maps 2024
This dataset is a list of maps digitised from the collections of the National Library, Singapore.
These materials present a valuable resource on Singapore’s history, art and culture, digitised as part of an endeavour to preserve and provide better access to resources located within the library to enable users to explore and discover these resources.
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Identifier uri | Identifier uuid | Title | Alternative | Creator | Creator people | Creator people cn | Creator orgs | Creator orgs cn | Creator lcna | Contributor | Contributor people | Contributor people cn | Contributor orgs | Contributor orgs cn | Contributor lcna | Digital publisher | Original publisher | Is referenced by | Date created | Description | Abstract | Table Of Contents | Subject lcsh | Subject singheritage | Language | Ispartof Collection | Nlb type | Rights | Access rights |
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| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=001fe644-73cd-435c-a0d3-0bd67b8a3a07 | 001fe644-73cd-435c-a0d3-0bd67b8a3a07 | I. Timor | Isle Timor | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board of Singapore | NA | 200181868 | 1780 | In upper margin of map: Tome 5. Planche 6. Pag. 28. Scale not determined. | This uncolored map of the island of Timor with profiles of the coast was published in Antoine Francois Prevost d'Exile's Histoire generale des voyages. | NA | Islands--Indonesia--Maps--Early works to 1800|Timor Island--Maps--Early works to 1800 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | fre | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection>>David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection {18543939} | Map {18335728} | Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2014 | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=01974f69-2e8c-4e7f-aee5-50263900ace2 | 01974f69-2e8c-4e7f-aee5-50263900ace2 | Les isles de la Sonde Moluques Philippines, Carolines, et Mariannes | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Engraver:Dussy, E.|Engraver:Dussy, E. | NA | NA | NA | NA | Engraver:Dussy, E. | National Library Board of Singapore | Robert de Vaugondy | 200166936 | 1778 | Engraved by E. Dussy.Relief is shown by hactures. | Map of East Indies. The map was first published in Robert de Vaugondy's Nouvel atlas portatif in 1762. The present map is from the 1778 edition with the 1762 imprint removed. | NA | East Indies--Maps--Early works to 1800|Southeast Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | fre | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection>>David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection {18543939} | Map {18335728} | Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2014 | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=01e130e4-ea71-434b-b948-b5017583e5fe | 01e130e4-ea71-434b-b948-b5017583e5fe | Chart from the Strait of Banka to Po.Panjang from a Dutch Ms | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board Singapore | NA | NA | 1805-04-12 | NA | Shows many small unnamed islands in the Riau Archipelago. From a group of important charts, printed on 15 separate sheets, which were produced between September 1804 and May 1805 by the East India Company Hydrographer Alexander Dalrymple, as an accompaniment to his Memoir of a chart of the passages at the southern extremity of Asia (London, 1805). | NA | Nautical charts--Banka Strait (Sumatra, Indonesia)|Nautical charts--Sumatra (Indonesia)|Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575}|Malay archipelago {18486577} | eng | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>British Library: Southeast Asia {10102} | Map {18335728} | Joint copyright of The British Library Board and the National Library Board of Singapore. | BL and NLB may use indefinitely the edited images on their official websites and other media for non-commercial purposes subject to the BL and NLB, providing first gaining permission from the other before such use. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=03435b7c-d80a-4e85-8a97-3a6b6044c812 | 03435b7c-d80a-4e85-8a97-3a6b6044c812 | 標準大東亞分圖. マライ | Hyōjun daitōa bunzu. Marai | 芹澤馨吾|Serizawa, Keigo | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | Owner:Lim Shao Bin|Donor:Lim Shao Bin | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board Singapore|Tōseisha | 統正社 | 202729116 | 1943 | Comes with an inset map of 昭南市 (Singapore City), which has a scale of 1:50000.|Relief shown pictorially and by gradient tints and spot heights. | This is a Japanese map of the Malay Peninsula and inset of the city of Singapore. It shows details on the peninsula such as land, air and sea routes around it, borders between states and countries and the location of important cities and geographical details such as mountains etc. The location of food and assorted natural resources such as pineapple, rice, rubber etc are clearly indicated by the corresponding kanji or katakana. The smaller inset map of Singapore city indicates clearly key buildings & places of interest such as the Central Hospital, the policentral post office, police station, Raffles Museum, and the location of Japanese entities such as the offices of the Japan Shipping Company, Osaka Shipping Company and Mitsui Trading Firm, the Japanese Consulate etc. | NA | Malaysia--Maps|Singapore--Maps | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | jpn | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Rare Materials Collection {10122}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Donors' Collection>>Lim Shao Bin Collection {18578763} | Map {18335728} | The copyrights to the Lim Shao Bin Collection belong to various parties, as declared in the documents; images; letters; etc. kindly shared by Lim Shao Bin. Use and reproduction require written permission. | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=0345bf31-fb55-4432-a10d-7d6850a01b73 | 0345bf31-fb55-4432-a10d-7d6850a01b73 | Carte des isles Philippines Celebes et Moluques | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board of Singapore | NA | 200178630 | 1746 / 1770 | Lower right border: Tom. II No. 5. Prime meridian: Isle de Fer. Scale approximately 1:13,058,824 (E 130°--E 150°/N 19°--S 10°). | This map shows the islands of the Philippines, Sulawesi, the Moluccas, Timor, Flores, Bali, and parts of Borneo and Java. There is no interior detail. It features a decorative title and Nota cartouches. The map is from Prévost 's Historie generale des voyages. -- Dealer's description | NA | Philippines--Maps--Early works to 1800|Maluku (Indonesia)--Maps--Early works to 1800 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | fre | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection>>David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection {18543939} | Map {18335728} | Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2014 | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=043b7a7e-767a-4877-bd08-cbe1ad97f336 | 043b7a7e-767a-4877-bd08-cbe1ad97f336 | [Malay Peninsula] ; Chart of the vicinity of the Horsburgh Lighthouse and adjacent Malayan coast ; Malay Peninsular, eastern coast, Singapore to Timoan | NA | Thomson, John Turnbull | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board Singapore | British Museum | 12466788 | 1849 | NA | This map contains three sections. The first section shows part of the eastern coast of Malaysia, part of Singapore, Timoan (Tioman Island) and China Sea (South China Sea). It is a nautical chart showing the sea level of China Sea and the surrounding waters. The second section contains a nautical chart of the vicinity of the Horsburgh Lighthouse and adjacent Malayan Coast, drawn in 1851, and the third section shows a map of the Malay Peninsula, Cambodia, Gulf of Siam, Strait of Malacca, Sumatra and Singapore. | NA | Nautical charts--South China Sea|Nautical charts--Singapore Strait|South China Sea--Navigation|Singapore Strait--Navigation | Malay archipelago {18486577}|Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | eng | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Map Collection|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Rare Materials Collection | Map {18335728} | All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009. | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=0473171b-a538-4d23-a976-1460a984b058 | 0473171b-a538-4d23-a976-1460a984b058 | Carte des Indes Orientales dessinée suivant les Observations les plus recentes, dont le principal est tirée des Cartes hydrographiques de Mr. d'Après de Mannevillette. Dediée tres humblement a son altesse, Monsgr. le Prince Gvillavme Charles Henry Friso ... par ses tres humbles tres soumis serviteurs l'auteur & les Heritiers de Homan | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board of Singapore | Heritiers de Homan | 200179285 | 1748 | Relief shown by hactures. Scale not determined. | A detailed map of Asia and Southeast Asia. Includes a decorated cartouche and rhumblines. | NA | Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | fre | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection>>David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection {18543939} | Map {18335728} | Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2014 | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=04acaeff-c4d6-4936-93d6-bd1d5669d69c | 04acaeff-c4d6-4936-93d6-bd1d5669d69c | Isole Molvcche | Isole Molucche | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board of Singapore | NA | 200171819 | 1605 | Map from: Page 189 of Thomaso Porcaccchi's L'isole piu famose del mondo. Title at head of map: Descrittione dell' Isole Molvcche. On verso: [page] 19 Dell' Isole Molucche. Relief shown pictorially. Scale not given. | Map of the Moluccas Islands, set in a page of Italian letterpress text. -- Dealer's description. | NA | Maluku (Indonesia)--Maps--Early works to 1800|Indonesia--Maps--Early works to 1800 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | ita | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection>>David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection {18543939} | Map {18335728} | Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2014 | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=04dc24a9-3f91-4646-8753-e377b99ec91a | 04dc24a9-3f91-4646-8753-e377b99ec91a | Partie de L'inde au delà du Gange ; Presqv-Isle de L'inde au delà du Gange | [Indochina ; Southeast Asia] | Sanson, Nicolas, 1600-1667 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | du Roy, Geogr. | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board Singapore | NA | 12486145 | 1652 | NA | This is a 17th century map containing two sections. One section shows Indochina, while the other shows the Malay Peninsula and parts of Sumatra. | NA | Indochina--Maps--Early works to 1800|Southeast Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800|Early maps--Indochina|Early maps--Southeast Asia | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | fre | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Map Collection|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Rare Materials Collection | Map {18335728} | All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009. | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
| https://www.nlb.gov.sg/main/book-detail?cmsuuid=0519c3f1-5e44-4c08-bb2d-0acd03c805a7 | 0519c3f1-5e44-4c08-bb2d-0acd03c805a7 | Asia secundum legitimas projectionis stereographicae regulas et juxta recentissimas observation : et relationes explosis aliorum fabulosis designationibus et narrationibus, abhibitis quoque veterum monumentis et recentiorum itinerariis descripta, et in partes suas methodicas IX divisa | Carte de l'Asie, projettée stereographiquement, tirée des relations et observations : contenues dans les voyages modernes, de meme que dans les monumens des anciens, corrigée de tout ce qui sent la fable, et divisée en ses IX. parties methodiques | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | National Library Board of Singapore | Impensis Homannianorum Hered | 200180081 | 1744 | From Homann heirs' Atlas compendarius, 1752-1765. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian: Paris. Sea of Korea referred to as "Mare orientale Minus." Scale approximately 1:26,000,000 ; Stereographic proj. (W 10°--W 180°/N 85°--S 10°). | A detailed 1744 Homann Heirs map of the Asia, including the East Indies. Extends from Europe and Africa eastward through Arabia and India to include the East Indies, Siberia, the Philippines, and a partial New Guinea (Nova Guniea). Includes a title cartouche depicting three figures in native dress and a decorated scale of miles. The map was drawn by J.M. Haas & Gottlieb Boehm. -- Dealer's description. | NA | Asia--Maps--Early works to 1800 | Geographical areas and countries {18486575} | lat|fre | NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection {10125}|NLB Collections>>Singapore Collection>>Singapore Heritage Collection>>David Parry Southeast Asian Map Collection {18543939} | Map {18335728} | Digitised images, All rights reserved, National Library Board Singapore, 2014 | The information on this page and any images that appear here may be used for private research and study purposes only. They may not be copied, altered or amended in any way without first gaining the permission of the copyright holder. |
Column legend
| Title | Column name | Data type | Unit of measure | Description |
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| Identifier uri | identifier_uri | Text | - | Identifier: Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) |
| Identifier uuid | identifier_uuid | Text | - | Identifier: Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) |
| Title | title | Text | - | Title |
| Alternative | alternative | Text | - | Alternative title |
| Creator | creator | Text | - | Creator- an entity that created the resource |
| Creator people | creator_people | Text | - | Creator: Personal name |
| Creator people cn | creator_people_cn | Text | - | Creator: Personal name in Chinese |
| Creator orgs | creator_orgs | Text | - | Creator: Organisational name |
| Creator orgs cn | creator_orgs_cn | Text | - | Creator: Organisational name in Chinese |
| Creator lcna | creator_lcna | Text | - | Creator: Library of Congress Name Authorities |
| Contributor | contributor | Text | - | Contributor- an entity that made contributions to the resource |
| Contributor people | contributor_people | Text | - | Contributor: Personal name |
| Contributor people cn | contributor_people_cn | Text | - | Contributor: Personal name in Chinese |
| Contributor orgs | contributor_orgs | Text | - | Contributor: Organisational name |
| Contributor orgs cn | contributor_orgs_cn | Text | - | Contributor: Organisational name in Chinese |
| Contributor lcna | contributor_lcna | Text | - | Contributor: Library of Congress Name Authorities |
| Digital publisher | digital_publisher | Text | - | Digital publisher |
| Original publisher | original_publisher | Text | - | Original publisher |
| Is referenced by | is_referenced_by | Text | - | The Book Record Number (BRN) of the resource(s) in NLB’s LMS (Library Management System) of a related resource that references, cites or points to the described resource |
| Date created | date_created | Text | - | Date of creation |
| Description | description | Text | - | Description of the resource |
| Abstract | abstract | Text | - | Summary of the contents |
| Table Of Contents | table_of_contents | Text | - | Table of contents |
| Subject lcsh | subject_lcsh | Text | - | Topic of the resource (Library of Congress Subject Headings) |
| Subject singheritage | subject_singheritage | Text | - | Topic of the resource (NLB Singapore Heritage Taxonomy) |
| Language | language | Text | - | Language of the resource |
| Ispartof Collection | ispartof_collection | Text | - | Collection name |
| Nlb type | nlb_type | Text | - | Nature or genre of the resource |
| Rights | rights | Text | - | Rights of the resource |
| Access rights | access_rights | Text | - | Access rights of the resource |
Sample OpenAPI query
This code can be used to test a sample API query. It retrieves the first 100 rows from this dataset. For a complete guide on query parameters and syntax, please refer to the
.import requests base_url = "https://data.gov.sg/api/action/datastore_search" url = base_url + "?resource_id=d_5d624e3d2f8c0ba248ad14fac6181642" response = requests.get(url) print(response.json())
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