A.W. Nieuwenhuis (1864-1953): explorer of Central Borneo. (Abstracts).Goor, Jurrien van. 1995, A.W. Nieuwenhuis (1864-1953): explorer of Central Borneo. IN: Victor T. King, ed., Explorers of South-East Asia South-East Asia n → le Sud-Est asiatique South-East Asia south n → Südostasien nt South-East Asia n → . Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (kwä`lə l  m`pr), city (1990 est. pop. : Oxford University Press, pp. 229-280.
Aton Willem Nieuwenhuis (born on 22 May 1864 in Papendrecht), who was a medical officer in the Dutch East Indies Dutch East Indies: see Indonesia. army stationed in 1892 at Sambas, West Kalimantan West Kalimantan (Indonesian: Kalimantan Barat often abbreviated to Kalbar) is a province of Indonesia. It is one of four Indonesian provinces in Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo. Its capital city Pontianak is located right on the Equator line. , was the first Dutchman to cross Borneo from the west to the east coast, from Pontianak to Samarinda, in 1896-97. He reported his exploits in two massive volumes: Quer durch Borneo: Ergebnisse seiner seine n. A large fishing net made to hang vertically in the water by weights at the lower edge and floats at the top. v. seined, sein·ing, seines v.intr. To fish with such a net. v. Reisen in den Jahren 1894, 1896-97 und 1898-1900. Unter Mitarb von M Nieuwenhuis (Leiden, 1904-07). Following a description of the history of Dutch presence in Borneo, the author discusses the three expeditions into areas which had not yet been brought under Dutch rule: the first, led by Professor Molengraaff in 1893-94; the second in 1896-97 which is discussed in a large part of this article; and the third in 1898. The article includes a list of Nieuwenhuis' main publications (Drs. Youetta M. de Jager). |
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