Children of Borneo

Children of Borneo
Author: Edwin Herbert Gomes
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 95
Release: 2022-09-15
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

"Children of Borneo" provides valuable insight into the social customs, manners, and lives of the children of Borneo, the largest Island in Asia. The writer, Reverend Edwin Herbert Gomes, was an Anglican missionary in Sarawak at the beginning of the twentieth century. He talks about the children of Ibans, or Sea Dayaks, a branch of the Dayak people on the island of Borneo, in detail in this work, giving an idea of what things were like in those days.

CHILDREN OF BORNEO

CHILDREN OF BORNEO
Author: Edwin Herbert 1862 Gomes
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2016-08-24
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781360724270

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Children of Borneo (Classic Reprint)

Children of Borneo (Classic Reprint)
Author: Edwin Herbert Gomes
Publisher: Forgotten Books
Total Pages: 140
Release: 2017-12-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9780332878713

Excerpt from Children of Borneo Most of the country of Borneo is covered with thick jungle, where large forest trees grow close to each other, many of them with trunks over six feet in diameter. These trees are often loaded with creepers and ferns, and from the branches, high up overhead, beautiful orchids hang. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo

Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo
Author: Edwin Herbert Gomes
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 205
Release: 2019-12-06
Genre: Travel
ISBN:

"Seventeen Years Among the Sea Dyaks of Borneo: A Record of Intimate Association with the Natives of the Bornean Jungles" by Edwin Herbert Gomes The Dyak are one of the native groups of Borneo. It is, in actuality, a loose term for over 200 riverine and hill-dwelling ethnic groups, located principally in the central and southern interior of Borneo, each with its own dialect, customs, laws, territory, and culture. This book was written to educate readers about this population by sharing the writer's experiences living and interacting with this fascinating and often unknown culture.

Henrietta, the Wild Woman of Borneo

Henrietta, the Wild Woman of Borneo
Author: Winifred Rosen
Publisher: Four Winds
Total Pages: 56
Release: 1975
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Henrietta's parents call her the "Wild Woman of Borneo, " so she decides to have herself mailed there for a visit.

Tears in the Jungle

Tears in the Jungle
Author: Daniel Clarke
Publisher:
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2011
Genre: Bornean orangutan
ISBN: 9780646558158

Two children, one wheelchair and a passion to save the orangutans... An incredible journey written by children, for children. Daniel Clarke and his brother William travelled to the jungles of Borneo, Indonesia to experience the critically endangered orangutan in the wild. Their story if both inspiring and educational.