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Amboina

(Encyclopedia)Amboina: see Ambon, Indonesia.

Buitenzorg

(Encyclopedia)Buitenzorg: see Bogor, Indonesia.

Tjirebon

(Encyclopedia)Tjirebon: see Cirebon, Indonesia. ...

East Indies

(Encyclopedia)East Indies, name formerly used for the Malay Archipelago, but also more restrictively for Indonesia and more widely to include SE Asia. It once referred chiefly to India. ...

Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni

(Encyclopedia)Du Chaillu, Paul Belloni pōl bĕlōnēˈ dü shāyüˈ [key], c.1831–1903, French-American explorer in Africa. Born probably in Paris, he spent his youth on the west coast of Africa, where his fath...

Madoera

(Encyclopedia)Madoera: see Madura, island, Indonesia. ...

Makasar

(Encyclopedia)Makasar: see Ujung Pandang, Indonesia. ...

Macassar

(Encyclopedia)Macassar: see Ujung Pandang, Indonesia. ...
 

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