Word: borneo
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...region in southwestern Borneo about the size of England & Wales, given to Princess Baba's great-great-uncle Sir James Brooke for supressing a native revolt...
After an absence of nine months in Northern Siam and British North Borneo, the Asiatic Primate Expedition, including members of the staff of the Museum of Comparative Zoology and the Peabody Museum at Harvard, as well as specialists from Columbia and Johns Hopkins, has recently returned to the United States with a comprehensive collection of Asiatic primate material...
General zoological collections have been procured for the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard from the mountain forests of Northern Siam and British North Borneo. Work on the highland and lowland forests of primate collections and the detailed study and correlation of information procured in the field remain to be done...
...primate collections include skins, skeletons, and preserved material, particularly of gibbons, langurs, macaques, and lemurs from Siam and British North Borneo. Each ape, monkey, or lemur that was collected has been carefully measured and weighed before being skinned, dissected, or embalmed...
...Borneo (20th Century-Fox). The late Martin Johnson's last jungle-tripping picture, replete with proboscis monkeys, muddy Borneo rivers and Osa (Mrs. Johnson...