Author: Nieuwenhuis, Anton Willem.
Title: In Centraal Borneo. Reis van Pontianak naar Samarinda. [Complete two volume set + map in slipcase].
Description: Leiden, Boekhandel en drukkerij voorheen E.J. Brill, 1900. 2 vols. VIII,308,VIII,369,XVI pp. 109 plts with b./w. photographs (incl. 2 frontispieces). Orig. uniform publisher's hardcover bindings (green cloth with decorative print and lettering in black). 8vo. - [AND:] loose fold. col. map Kaart van het eiland Borneo. Schaal 1: 2.000.000 in orig. seperate cardboard slipcase: Leiden, Boekhandel en Drukkerij voorheen E.J.Brill, 1900 (= ca. 1902). Photolithograpic map [ca. 74.5 x 65 cm], printed by v./h.Roeloffzen-Hübner & v. Santen, Amsterdam. - Spine of text volumes sl. browned; some foxing. - Overall a neat set.Fine complete set of the hardcover edition. Including the often lacking loose folding map of Borneo. - - Issued by the Maatschappij ter bevordering van het Natuurkundig Onderzoek der Nederlandsche Koloniën. This society (later better known as the Treub Society after its founder Melchior Treub) was founded as an association in Amsterdam on May 14, 1890 with the aim of increasing knowledge of the natural conditions of the Dutch colonies. This new knowledge had to serve both pure science and the interests of agriculture and industry. To this end, expeditions were equipped to unknown parts of the overseas territories from the end of the nineteenth century until the eve of the Second World War. The Borneo expedition of 1893-1894 was therefore a scientifically oriented, multidisciplinary expedition straight through Dutch Borneo, today's Kalimantan. The expedition consisted of five European scientists and approximately one hundred and twenty supporting expedition members. The purpose of the trip was to cross Borneo and conduct scientific research in various disciplines. Anton Willem Nieuwenhuis (1864-1953), military doctor in the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army, took part in the expedition as responsible for the medical, anthropological and ethnographic research.

Keywords: Ethnography Indonesia Borneo Travel Asia Etnografie Indonesië Reizen Azië