Georg Müller (8 June 1790 – ) was a German engineer and explorer. Born in

Mainz Mainz (; #Names and etymology, see below) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is List of cities in Germany by population, Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in ...

in 1790, Müller served in the French army during the Napoleonic wars and later in the

Royal Netherlands East Indies Army The Royal Netherlands East Indies Army (; KNIL, ; ) was the military force maintained by the Kingdom of the Netherlands in its colony of the Dutch East Indies, in areas that are now part of Indonesia. The KNIL's air arm was the Royal Netherl ...

.Helbig, Karl. "Georg Müller, Ein Deutscher Pionier im Malaiischen Archipel." ''Geographische Zeitschrift'' 47, no. 2 (1941): 88-94. Accessed September 5, 2020. . He went to Sambas in west Borneo in 1818 and undertook several exploration and mapping trips in subsequent years. While on an expedition to explore the upper

Kapuas River The Kapuas River ( Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia. At in length, it is the longest river on the island of Borneo, the longest ri ...

early in 1826, Müller was ambushed and killed by the island's indigenous inhabitants. The

Müller Mountains The Müller Mountains () are a mountain range in Central Borneo. The mountains extend along the northern border of Kalimantan, the Indonesia-administered parts of Borneo. The mountains are the source of the Kapuas River. The range is named after G ...

are named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Muller, Georg 1790 births 1826 deaths Explorers of Indonesia 19th-century German explorers People from Mainz