The British World in the East: A Guide Historical, Moral, and Commercial, to India, China, Australia, South Africa, and the Other Possessions Or Connexions of Great Britain in the Eastern and Southern Seas, 1. köideW.H. Allen, 1846 - 512 pages |
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Page 68
... Borneo , and thence along the western coast of Borneo . The equinoctial line runs through the centre of this region ; and the whole of the Archipelago is comprehended within the tropics . The similarity of character , however , which ...
... Borneo , and thence along the western coast of Borneo . The equinoctial line runs through the centre of this region ; and the whole of the Archipelago is comprehended within the tropics . The similarity of character , however , which ...
Page 69
... Borneo , Mindanao , and the Sooloo Archipelago , -nature begins to recover , as well as the most eminent of her productions - man ; and the people , although inferior to those of the first two subdivisions of the west , are superior to ...
... Borneo , Mindanao , and the Sooloo Archipelago , -nature begins to recover , as well as the most eminent of her productions - man ; and the people , although inferior to those of the first two subdivisions of the west , are superior to ...
Page 81
... Borneo , and elsewhere were characterized by circumstances of a similar kind , though not so startling in degree ; but where- ever they made their appearance , it was the signal of commercial ruin and decay . In Sumatra the work of ...
... Borneo , and elsewhere were characterized by circumstances of a similar kind , though not so startling in degree ; but where- ever they made their appearance , it was the signal of commercial ruin and decay . In Sumatra the work of ...
Page 85
... Borneo and the whole of Celebes , except the extreme northern coast ; but in point of fact , these great islands can no more be said to be islands lying to the south of the line indicated than islands lying to the north - and for the ...
... Borneo and the whole of Celebes , except the extreme northern coast ; but in point of fact , these great islands can no more be said to be islands lying to the south of the line indicated than islands lying to the north - and for the ...
Page 92
... Borneo direct by the population . Sumbhawa , one hundred and eighty miles in length by forty , is dis- tinguished in the volcanic chain by the mountain of Tombaro , from which a terrific eruption took place in 1815. It produces teak ...
... Borneo direct by the population . Sumbhawa , one hundred and eighty miles in length by forty , is dis- tinguished in the volcanic chain by the mountain of Tombaro , from which a terrific eruption took place in 1815. It produces teak ...
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