Search results for "Sumatra" - New World Encyclopedia
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- (Kreger 2005a). However, Dubois' search on Sumatra from 1887 to 1890 ended in failure. In October of 1891, laborers working for Dubois—Stephen ...9 KB (1,362 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- Marco Polo referred to neighboring Sumatra as "little Java" ... and Ptolemy referred to Sumatra as Jaba-diu. Asiatick researches, or ...34 KB (5,087 words) - 01:03, 9 February 2023
- West Asia and Southeast Asia. Gold from Sumatra reached as far west as Rome. ... The Jawa Dwipa Hindu kingdom in Java and Sumatra existed around 200 ...38 KB (5,260 words) - 15:15, 27 April 2023
- helps it survive in the high altitudes of Sumatra and Borneo but it allows ... years. Now, they are mainly found only in Sumatra and Borneo. ...21 KB (3,171 words) - 20:50, 16 April 2023
- three hundred kilometers to Padang, Sumatra. They intended to keep him ... Subsequently, indigenous forces across both Sumatra and Java aided ...25 KB (3,644 words) - 21:41, 26 February 2023
- the Dutch Army Medical Service and was sent to Sumatra, a part of the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) as an army physician. He took his wife and ...11 KB (1,759 words) - 04:18, 23 March 2024
- built a small craft and sailed it to Acheen in Sumatra. After further adventures Dampier returned to England in 1691 via the Cape of Good Hope, penniless ...11 KB (1,611 words) - 15:57, 7 May 2023
- Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia (Java, Sumatra, Bali, Sulawesi), Peninsular ... |South Chinese Sea (Malaysia, Gulf of Thailand), Indian Ocean (Sumatra ...24 KB (3,370 words) - 21:57, 24 December 2021
- on the western coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra where foreign traders would call to buy camphor. In the Indian language Sanskrit, the word ...11 KB (1,519 words) - 18:58, 25 November 2023
- north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Gibbons are masters of their primary mode of locomotion, brachiation ...12 KB (1,751 words) - 23:18, 10 December 2022
- traveled directly to the island of Java and Sumatra in the Malay Archipelago where a huge temple complex at Borobudur was built. The empire of Srivijaya ...27 KB (4,057 words) - 22:19, 21 January 2024
- from the first century C.E. The islands of Sumatra and Java in western Indonesia ... remains are can be found in Java and Sumatra. The most magnificence is ...37 KB (5,547 words) - 18:34, 22 November 2023
- | The Batu Islands, Sumatra and the Lingga Islands |- |105° | style="background:#b0e0e6;" | Indian Ocean | style="background: ...14 KB (2,035 words) - 07:25, 6 September 2023
- is found only on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The Sumatran tiger is the ... were discovered in deposits from China, Sumatra, and Java. For example, ...34 KB (5,273 words) - 03:13, 4 November 2022
- of Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia (Sumatra, western Java, and Kalimantan), Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Myanmar, ...14 KB (1,971 words) - 07:42, 14 January 2023
- : 230–259. The explosion was heard on Sumatra island (more than 2,000 km ... guns was heard on April 10th and 11th on Sumatra island (more than 2,600 km ...27 KB (3,837 words) - 17:13, 6 December 2023
- and east of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. East Malaysia is located ... The Strait of Malacca, lying between Sumatra and Peninsular Malaysia ...33 KB (4,723 words) - 14:30, 29 March 2024
- miles (1,000 km) south-west of Java and Sumatra. The nearest landmass is ... Bima, Celebes, Nmadura, Sumbawa, Timor, Sumatra, Pasir-Kutai, Malacca, Penang ...29 KB (4,147 words) - 22:20, 7 January 2024
- and Southern Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Sumatra, and Japan. The European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) has been introduced to many locations ...28 KB (4,391 words) - 16:17, 7 December 2022
- to the traditional practices in Kalimantan, Sumatra, Sulawesi, and other places in Indonesia, where people have started to identify and accept their ...15 KB (2,058 words) - 02:15, 23 December 2022
