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Exhibition Highlights

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The introductory page for the exhibition, summarizing its theme.

The text mentions that the maps that are on display are from the National Library of Singapore's Rare Collection, along with special loans from European libraries. The map featured on this page is: Southeast Asia as plotted by Claudius Ptolemy, a 2nd-century Greek geographer.

Two maps are listed on this page. The first map is: A map from Jan Huygen van Linschoten's Itinerario published in 1598. The second map is: A map of the southern part of the Strait of Melaka.

The introductory page for Island of Stories: Singapore Maps, describing its theme. A Singapore map from the Singapore Land Authority is also featured.

Two maps are listed on this page. The first map is: A 1942 British map that was drawn up on the day the Japanese won the battle for Singapore. The second map is: An 1846 survey of the Straits of Singapore by John Turnbull Thomson, Singapore's first government surveyor.