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Carl Bock (1) via een alias veranderd in Carl Alfred Bock.

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Geboortedatum
1849
Overlijdensdatum
1932
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Denmark

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The one Kalimantan travel account I have on the shelf is Carl Bock’s “Headhunters of Borneo” ( 1880, my copy 1985). At the request of the Dutch colonial regime, which was eager to learn more about this up-to-then rather unknown part of its empire, Bock traveled through Borneo, from Samarinda up the Mahakam River and then across to the Barito River and down to Banjarmasin, in 1878-1879. His account of this journey, and his notes on Dayak culture, resulted in a very entertaining travel book with lots of observations that could equally well have been made today, although Mr Bock is somewhat dismissive of the locals.… (meer)
 
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theonearmedcrab | Jan 10, 2016 |

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2
Leden
75
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#235,804
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3.8
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1
ISBNs
11
Talen
1

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