Download or read book Adventures in Borneo written by Mrs. Gore (Catherine Grace Frances) and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Adventure in Borneo written by Jolan Durrah and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This award winning book gives a factual and vividly descriptive account of a young man who pursues his passion for exotic Pheasants into the deepest jungles of Borneo, the world's third largest island. Dan is determined to find the tiny Bornean Peacock Pheasant even though there hasn' t been a documented sighting of the bird in the wild since 1962. Traveling by himself into the hot humid oldgrowth rainforests, Dan is often unaware of the dangers involved because he doesn't speak the language or know the customs. During his seven months in Indonesia, he finds himself in some very unusual, often uncomfortable, and more often that not, life-threatening situations. But Dan never strays far from his focus of finding the Pheasant, and his intriguing personal experiences range from hold your breath adventure to hold your belly hilarious.

Download or read book Stranger in the Forest written by Eric Hansen and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2000-11-14 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eric Hansen was the first westerner ever to walk across the island of Borneo. Completely cut off from the outside world for seven months, he traveled nearly 1,500 miles with small bands of nomadic hunters known as Penan. Beneath the rain forest canopy, they trekked through a hauntingly beautiful jungle where snakes and frogs fly, pigs climb trees, giant carnivorous plants eat mice, and mushrooms glow at night. At once a modern classic of travel literature and a gripping adventure story, Stranger in the Forest provides a rare and intimate look at the vanishing way of life of one of the last surviving groups of rain forest dwellers. Hansen's absorbing, and often chilling, account of his exploits is tempered with the humor and humanity that prompted the Penan to take him into their world and to share their secrets.

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Download or read book Adventures Among the Dyaks of Borneo written by Frederick Boyle and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book North Borneo written by Frank Hatton and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Last Wild Men of Borneo written by Carl Hoffman and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 2019 EDGAR AWARDS NOMINEE (BEST FACT CRIME) • A BANFF MOUNTAIN BOOK AWARDS FINALIST Two modern adventurers sought a treasure possessed by the legendary “Wild Men of Borneo.” One found riches. The other vanished forever into an endless jungle. Had he shed civilization—or lost his mind? Global headlines suspected murder. Lured by these mysteries, New York Times bestselling author Carl Hoffman journeyed to find the truth, discovering that nothing is as it seems in the world’s last Eden, where the lines between sinner and saint blur into one. In 1984, Swiss traveler Bruno Manser joined an expedition to the Mulu caves on Borneo, the planet’s third largest island. There he slipped into the forest interior to make contact with the Penan, an indigenous tribe of peace-loving nomads living among the Dayak people, the fabled “Headhunters of Borneo.” Bruno lived for years with the Penan, gaining acceptance as a member of the tribe. However, when commercial logging began devouring the Penan’s homeland, Bruno led the tribe against these outside forces, earning him status as an enemy of the state, but also worldwide fame as an environmental hero. He escaped captivity under gunfire twice, but the strain took a psychological toll. Then, in 2000, Bruno disappeared without a trace. Had he become a madman, a hermit, or a martyr? American Michael Palmieri is, in many ways, Bruno’s opposite. Evading the Vietnam War, the Californian wandered the world, finally settling in Bali in the 1970s. From there, he staged expeditions into the Bornean jungle to acquire astonishing art and artifacts from the Dayaks. He would become one of the world’s most successful tribal-art field collectors, supplying sacred works to prestigious museums and wealthy private collectors. And yet suspicion shadowed this self-styled buccaneer who made his living extracting the treasure of the Dayak: Was he preserving or exploiting native culture? As Carl Hoffman unravels the deepening riddle of Bruno’s disappearance and seeks answers to the questions surrounding both men, it becomes clear saint and sinner are not so easily defined and Michael and Bruno are, in a sense, two parts of one whole: each spent his life in pursuit of the sacred fire of indigenous people. The Last Wild Men of Borneo is the product of Hoffman’s extensive travels to the region, guided by Penan through jungle paths traveled by Bruno and by Palmieri himself up rivers to remote villages. Hoffman also draws on exclusive interviews with Manser’s family and colleagues, and rare access to his letters and journals. Here is a peerless adventure propelled by the entwined lives of two singular, enigmatic men whose stories reveal both the grandeur and the precarious fate of the wildest place on earth.

Download or read book Adventures in Borneo written by 1799-1861 Gore and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-04-23 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Download or read book All Elevations Unknown written by Sam Lightner Jr. and published by Crown. This book was released on 2002-07-09 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Sam Lightner, Jr., combines two tales of adventure, one historic and the other modern-day in his page-turner . . . With its rich sense of place and history, All Elevations Unknown offers a surprisingly fresh twist to an adventure-climbing tale.” –Climbing Magazine In the spring of 1999, armed with little more than a description from a book and a map labeled “all elevations unknown,” Sam Lightner and his German rock-climbing buddy, Volker, found themselves deep in the jungles of Borneo on a mission to climb a mountain that was only rumored to exist. What little they knew about the mountain they had learned from the memoirs of Major Tom Harrisson, a British World War II soldier who in 1945 had been assigned the near-impossible mission of parachuting blindly into the thick Borneo rainforest–where the natives had a grisly habit of cutting off heads–to try to reclaim the island for the Allies. A captivating, utterly original combination of travel adventure memoir and historical re-creation, All Elevations Unknown charts Lightner’s exhilarating and at times harrowing quest to ascend the mountain Batu Lawi in the face of leeches, vipers, and sweat bees, and to keep his team together in one of the earth’s most treacherous uncharted pockets. Along the way, he reconstructs a fascinating historical narrative that chronicles Tom Harrisson’s adventures there during the war and illuminates an astonishing piece of forgotten World War II history. Rife with suspense and vivid detail, the two intertwining tales open up the island of Borneo, its people, and its history in a powerful, unforgettable way, taking adventure writing to new heights.

Download or read book Borneo written by Tamara Thiessen and published by Bradt Travel Guides. This book was released on 2016-01-05 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the steamy highlands and sapphire watered islands of Sabah and Sarawak, to the mesmerising mosques and mysticism of the Sultanate of Brunei, the island of Borneo is a wonder world of colourful tribal cultures, exotic rainforest creatures. Straddling the Equator, and swept in by various Seas and Straits, it is home to the orang-utan, long-nosed beer-bellied proboscis monkeys, and otherworldly carnivorous plants straight out of Lord of the Rings. The latest edition of the Bradt Travel Guide to Borneo provides fully updated insider information for touring the island including regional capitals, rural outposts and National Parks.

Download or read book Adventures Among the Dyaks of Borneo written by Frederick Boyle and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Into the Heart of Borneo written by Redmond O'Hanlon and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1985 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The most hilarious travel book in many years' - Standard. Armed with equipment and advice from 22 SAS, Hereford, and accompanied by three trackers, Redmond O'Hanlon, the naturalist, and James Fenton, the poet, set out on a long river voyage into the interior of a tropical jungle hoping to reach the Tiban massif. At once funny and knowledgeable, Redmond O'Hanlon's account of how they battled with insects, discomfort and setbacks is a hugely entertaining and informative adventure story in the best tradition of the world's great travel classics. 'A marvellous book ... a very funny and expert witness' - Edward St Aubyn in the Tatler. 'Consistently exciting, often funny, and erudite without ever being overwhelming' - Punch.

Download or read book The Boy Travellers in the Far East Part Third written by Thomas Wallace Knox and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'The Boy Travellers in the Far East, Part Third' is an exciting adventure novel by Thomas Wallace Knox. Follow Frank and Fred as they continue their travels with Doctor Bronson to explore Ceylon, India, Borneo, the Philippine Islands, and Burmah. Knox's personal observations and notes allow for a vivid and authentic portrayal of the people, cultures, and landscapes of these far-off destinations. Along with thrilling chapters on hunting, earthquakes, and encounters with dangerous animals, the novel also features interesting digressions on topics such as meteors, sea-serpents, and outrigger boats. From the Golden Pagoda in Burma to the Taj Mahal in Agra, this book is a must-read for adventure seekers and armchair travelers alike.

Download or read book The Boy Travellers in the Far East written by Thomas Wallace Knox and published by . This book was released on 1882 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book North Borneo Explorations and Adventures on the Equator written by Frank Hatton and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... 2.10, 240 (N.W.). At 2.24, 280 (N.W.). At 2.30, 30 (KB.). At 2.40, 300 (N.W.). Tracks of deer; large deposits of sand; river swift and deep. At 3.25, 160 (S.B.). At 3.40, 290 (N.W.).1 1 The last day's notes are given in full, to show the character and method of the work, and the frequency of the observations which were set down in this manner from day to day, and almost up to the moment when the diarist left his boat to return to it a corpse in the arms of his followers. On the inside of the cover of the diary ar.e several rough sketches of swords and spears, and geological or geographical diagrams. Among the latter is the following, which was probably intended as memoranda for a map of his route: --VI. HOW THE LAST EXPEDITION" ENDED. Letter from Governor Treacher--Mr. Resident Pryer's Report--Opening of the Inquest--The evidence--Adjourned for the arrival of the last expeditionary boats--Verdict of the jury. "Sandakan, March 19th, 1883. "Sii!, --It is with the greatest possible regret that I enclose copy of a letter from Mr. Resident Pryer, in which he reports the sad intelligence oE the death from the accidental discharge of his.own gun of Mr. F. Hatton on the 1st instant, of which I only heard on my arrival here on the lGth instant. "The melancholy details are carefully described in Mr. Pryer's letter; and the evidence given at the coroner's inquest, of which I enclose a copy, is conclusive that Mr. Hatton met with his death by shooting himself, by accident, in the jungle, whilst returning, after shooting at an" elephant on the banks of the Segama River on the east coast, which he was engaged in prospecting for gold and other minerals. "On the 4th instant he was buried at Elopura, being followed to the grave by the Resident, all the...

Download or read book A Wild Woman in Borneo written by Marcia Nightingale and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Some adventures are planned: flights are booked, itineraries get organised, suitcases get packed and you're off. Some adventures have other ideas. Some adventures choose you. Some adventures tell you 'it's time'. My adventure is one of those adventures... Come with me as I travel to Borneo, volunteering at a wildlife rescue centre with a mix of like-minded souls from all walks of life, who came together with a common purpose, to enrich the lives of the animals there. Discover the sites and people I met along the way, some fascinating facts, and a smattering of the language. My journey begins as a seasoned animal keeper in the UK, a little jaded and frustrated at not being able to give the animals the perfect life so looking to work in-situ and see some of their natural environments for myself. I felt confident I would be able to hit the ground running working alongside local keepers, but felt nervous at travelling so far, to unknown places, alone. Yet this was to be the first of several projects I would have the privilege of becoming involved with and charts my, sometimes naive, discoveries of the new world before me and how I fit so neatly within it. "All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveller is unaware" - Martin Buber