The exploration of Kina Balu / John Whitehead
Digitised Book 216.73.216.10 (0)
1991
Information About
Whitehead, the first man who climbed to Kinabalu's highest point, in 1880, on his journeys collected 300 species of birds of which 18 species were new to science. He painted us a picture of what it was like in British North Borneo (Sabah) and the surrounding areas in the 1880s.
Additional Details
- Title
- The exploration of Kina Balu / John Whitehead
- Creators
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- Whitehead, John
- Subject
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- Natural history--Sabah--Kinabalu, Mount
- Kinabalu, Mount (Sabah)--Description and travel
- Publisher
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- Graham Brash, 1991
- National Library Board Singapore, 1991
- Digital Description
- application/pdf, ill. (some col.), map
- Table of Contents
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- ch. I. Voyages to Singapore. Singapore. Start for Malacca... -- ch. II. Start for Borneo -- Labuan -- Pulo Gaya... -- ch. III. Sail for Kudat -- Benkoker River... -- ch. IV. Start for Kina Balu. View of the mountain from Abal. Datu Tumanggong. Cattle lifting. Start for the Tampassuk... -- ch. V. Voyage to Java, Batavia. Chinese in Java. Dutch customs... -- ch. VI. My third start for Kina Balu. Datu Tumanggong again assists to the Tampassuk only...
- Edition
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- Rev. ed.
- Copyright
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- All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.