3-052-773 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Mohammed Suleiman Khalifat, Sultan of Koetei, Borneo, 1880. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. H. Salzwedel, of Soerabaya, Java. 'Mr. Carl Bock, a native of Copenhagen, thirty years of age, and a scientific naturalist, was...commissioned by the Dutch Indian Government to explore the east and south parts of the great island of Borneo. In the beginning of July he arrived at Tangaroeng, the residence of his Highness the Sultan of Koetei, Mohammed Suleiman Khalifat-ul-Moeminin. To this Prince he at once made known his travelling plans of exploring the northern part of Koetei, and afterwards the southern, and attempting the overland journey to Bandjermasin. The Sultan, after some demur, furnished him with an interpreter for the Dyak language, and also put at his disposal a large prau, or canoe'. From "Illustrated London News", 1880.