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Friday, November 22nd, 2024
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Borneo
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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An island in the Malay Archipelago, the third largest in the globe, Australia and New Guinea being larger; its length 800 m., and its breadth 700, covered with mountains in the interior, Kinabalu the highest (13,000 ft.); has no volcanoes; bordered all round with wide plains and low marshy ground; rich in vegetation and in minerals, in gold and precious stones; its forests abound with valuable timber, teak, ebony, &c.; all tropical crops and spices are cultivated; the population is Dyak, Malay, and Chinese; possessed in great part by the Dutch, and in the north part by the British.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Borneo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/borneo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Borneo'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/borneo.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
