Past Posts - Borneo History

1450 Map Of Borneo

The Fra Mauro Map ad 1459 in The Mediaeval Cartography of Borneo by Robert Nicholl in the Brunei Museum Journal […]

Dockyard, Brooke’s Malay Child, Camphor and Chinese life during Occupation Case Study of the Brooke Dockyard Kuching A. Ghafar Ahmed

Jerunei: The Coffins and Slaves of a Tribal People. A jerunei is a large pole or monument used by the

All Creatures Great and Small #30 Butterflies Borneo is the home of 1000+ known species of butterflies of which 81

Tom’s Note: These codified taxes were written in 1736. The names of the Sultans of Brunei and their reigns do

Some Bisaya Folk Lore The scene of this story is the Klias Peninsula situated on the west coast of North

Land Dayaks of the Sadong District Sarawak 1936 Tom’s note: This is a long one, so grab a cup of

Tom’s note: This account about the infrastructure of Sarawak is probably one of the most unintentionally hilarious histories of the

What? No Sri Vijaya Toms Note: This is a condensation of a 53-page essay written by Liam Kelley and published

Zygogynum New Species from Sarawak A new species of Zygogynum thought to occur only on the eastern side of the Wallace line,