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Borneo (other)
Borneo is the largest island in Asia. Borneo may also refer to: * ''Borneo'' (ship), several mercantile and naval ships * Borneo, Nova Scotia, Canada, a community *Borneo F.C., an Indonesian football club *''Borneo'', a 1937 documentary film by Martin and Osa Johnson Martin Elmer Johnson (October 9, 1884 – January 13, 1937) and Osa Helen Johnson (née Leighty, March 14, 1894 – January 7, 1953) were married United States, American adventurers and documentary filmmakers. In the first half of the 20th cent ... *"Borneo", a song by Wolfgang Gartner and Aero Chord from the compilation album '' Monstercat Uncaged Vol. 1'', 2017 See also * {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borneo
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south. Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory. In the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. The population in Borneo is 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Additionally, the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area. A little more than half of the island is in the Northern Hemisphere, including Brunei and the Malaysian portion, while the Indonesian portion spans the Northern and Southern hemisph ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borneo (ship)
Several vessels, mercantile and naval, have been named ''Borneo'' for the island of Borneo: Mercantile * , was launched on the Thames and made two voyages (1713–1716, and 1718–1720), for the British East India Company to Borneo and Bencoolen before transferring to the West Indies trade. * ''Borneo'', of 350, 382, or 400 tons ( bm), was a country ship, probably launched at Pegu after 1809, that served as a transport for the British invasions of Mauritius (1810) and Java (1811). She appeared, with Benjamin Ferguson, master, on a list of vessels registered at Calcutta in January 1811. She was lost at Madagascar in 1814. * was a merchant ship built in Borneo that undertook one voyage transporting convicts to Van Diemen's Land in 1828. She was wrecked in 1832 on her first whaling voyage. * ''Borneo'', of 223 tons (bm), left Boston in December 1817 on a fur hunting voyage. A gale wrecked her on 28 January 1819 at Cape Muzon, Alaska; crew saved. *''Borneo'', of 297 tons (bm) was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borneo, Nova Scotia
Borneo is a small community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in The Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County Guysborough County is a county in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Nova Scotia. History Taking its name from the Guysborough, Nova Scotia, Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, 1st B .... ReferencesBorneo on Destination Nova Scotia Communities in Guysborough County, Nova Scotia General Service Areas in Nova Scotia {{GuysboroughNS-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borneo F
Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and east of Sumatra. The island is politically divided among three countries: Malaysia and Brunei in the north, and Indonesia to the south. Approximately 73% of the island is Indonesian territory. In the north, the East Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak make up about 26% of the island. The population in Borneo is 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Additionally, the Malaysian federal territory of Labuan is situated on a small island just off the coast of Borneo. The sovereign state of Brunei, located on the north coast, comprises about 1% of Borneo's land area. A little more than half of the island is in the Northern Hemisphere, including Brunei and the Malaysian portion, while the Indonesian portion spans the Northern and Southern hemisphe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin And Osa Johnson
Martin Elmer Johnson (October 9, 1884 – January 13, 1937) and Osa Helen Johnson (née Leighty, March 14, 1894 – January 7, 1953) were married United States, American adventurers and documentary filmmakers. In the first half of the 20th century the couple captured the public's imagination through their films and books of adventure in exotic, faraway lands. Photographers, explorers, marketers, naturalists and authors, Martin and Osa studied the wildlife and peoples of East and Central Africa, the South Pacific Islands and British North Borneo. They explored then-unknown lands and brought back film footage and photographs, offering many Americans their first understanding of these distant lands. Early Lives Martin Elmer Johnson was born on October 9, 1884. Osa Leighty was born March 14, 1894, and raised in Chanute, Kansas. Although born in Rockford, Illinois, Martin Johnson grew up in the Kansas towns of Lincoln, Kansas, Lincoln and Independence, Kansas, Independence. His fathe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
