In the Northern region of Sumatra, the Sultanate of Achin or Atjeh was founded at the end of the 15th century.

Founded in the early 16th century on the collapse of the Majapahit Empire by the son of the King-Priester of Tjirebon, the Sultanate of Banten, in Western Java, became powerful and controlled parts of Sumatra and Borneo.

In 78 AD Hindu King Aji Saka settled in Indonesia. In 13th century Islam came, but in 1595 the European came. In 16th century England established its East India Company in Bantam, Portuguese in 1586 came to eastern islands and in 1916 the Dutch obtained the sovereignty of Jakarta renamed by them Batavia. On 17/3/1824, the Treaty of London confirmed the Netherlands in their sovereignty of most of Java.

The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.