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<p> 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. </p> | <p> 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. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_69275"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/borneo Borneo from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_69275"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/borneo Borneo from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:56, 15 October 2021
Borneo [1]
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.
