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Pontianak
First posted on January 17th 2010






State established in 1772; since 1823 protectorate of the Dutch East Indies. Formed part of Borneo's Wester-Afdeling. In 1949 integrated in the Republic of Indonesia.

Name varieties : Kubu, Koeboe









WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES
Country Profiles on West Borneo Article : West Kalimantan, from Wikipedia
Pieter Johannes Veth, Borneo's Wester-Afdeling, 1854, in Dutch, posted on Internet Archive
Denys Lombard, Guide Archipel IV : Pontianak et son arriere-pays, Archipel 1984 vol.28 pp.77-97
Country Profiles on Kubu Article : Kabupaten Kubu Raya, from Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia ed.
Links, General Category : West Kalimantan, from Wikipedia
Borneo Research Bulletin
Indonesisch Borneo, from startpagina.nl
Links, on History Categorie : Geschiedenis van Borneo, from Wikipedia Dutch edition
Timelines Search Google News Archive for Kubu, click Timeline
Accounts of History on Borneo Kalimantan Overview, from Building Human Security in Indonesia
Accounts of History on Kalimantan Barat Introduction to Kalimantan Barat, from Indahnesia
Accounts of History on Kubu Article : Kesultanan Kubu, from Wikipedia Bahasa Indonesia edition
Kubu, Brief History, by Christopher Buyers
Specific Periods Mary Somers Heidhues, The First Two Sultans of Pontianak , Archipel 1998 vol.56 pp.273-294
J. Willi, The early relations of England with Borneo to 1805 (1922), posted on Internet Archive
Historiography Chairil Effendi, Oral Tradition and Identity in West Kalimantan Society, Sari 27 2009 pp.3-12
V. Matheson, The Tuhfat al-Nafis : Structure and Sources, from BTLV 127 1971 pp.375-392
Military The Conquer of Borneo Island 1941-1942, from The Netherlands East Indies 1941-1942; Describing the Japanese Occupation: a case of West Kalimantan, from a Japanese site
D. Teeuwen, Some Remarks about inception, organization and feats of arms of the Royal Dutch East Indian Army (KNIL)
Article Expeditie naar de Westerafdeling van Borneo (1850-1854), from Wikipedia Dutch edition
Economy & Finances
Ethnography James T. Collins, Contesting Straits-Malayness : the Fact of Borneo, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies 32 2001 pp.385-395
Religion Bornean Religions, from Overview of World Religions
History of Regions
History of Cities
Institutions
Biographies
Bibliographies General ISBN Database
Bibliographies of former Colonial Powers Bibliopolis
RHS Bibliography
Nederlandse Bibliografie; DBNG
KITLV Library
Bibliographies on SE Asia Malayan Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (MBRAS)
National Library of Australia, Indonesian Resources from the Dutch Period
Bibliographies on Borneo Borneo Bibliography 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, from Borneo Research Bulletin
Books & Articles on Borneo, from Krul Antiquarian Books, commercial site
Bibliographies Reviews Review of P.J. Veth's Borneo's Wester Afdeling (1854), in De Gids 1855 pp.697-730, in Dutch
Others Borneo Research Council 2004 : Captain Burn and associates : British intelligence-gathering, trade, and litigation in Borneo and beyond during the early nineteenth century. posted by The Free Library

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS
Lists of Statesmen Indonesia : Princely States : Kubu, from World Statesmen
Population Figures Kalimantan Barat, from Population Statistics by Jan Lahmeyer; data since 1930
Documents Historical Newspapers Kranten - historisch, from startpagina.nl Dutch language site
Search Archief Leeuwarder Courant (1752-) in Dutch
Search Digitaal Krantenarchief at Regionaal Archief Leiden, in Dutch
Search Papers Past (New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920)
Search Newspapers SG (Singapore Newspapers 1831-2006)
Historic Australian Newspapers 1803-1954
Documents Image Databanks Geheugen van Nederland; site in Dutch; Tropenmuseum, Amsterdam; Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden; Maritiem Digitaal (Dutch Maritime Musea); Leiden University Digital Sources (mostly images); Wikimedia Commons; Atlas of Mutual Heritage
Koleksi Foto, from Indonesian National Library, site in Bahasa Indonesia
Documents Archival Deposits online Manuscript Collection, from Indonesian National Library, Koleksi Digital
Documents Archival Deposits index online Search ARCHIEVEN.NL
Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS, search in Archives, Manuscripts and Photographs); has numerous items on Borneo
Inventory of the Oriental Manuscripts of the Library of the University of Leiden vol.12
Memories van Overgave, from IDC Publishers; pdf file contains table of contents which lists Soekadana
Manuscript Collection, from Indonesian National Library, Koleksi Digital
KITLV Library, Manuscripts and Archives
Adatrechtbundels, ed. by KITLV, Serie L : Borneo, posted by Papua Web (scroll down)
Documents Archival Deposits Catalogue of Historic Archive Reconstructie van het Archief van de V.O.C. Vestiging Pontianak, from Tanap, in Dutch
Documents Individual Documents Dr. Leyden, A Sketch of the Island of Borneo, in : The Asiatic Journal and Register for British India and its Dependencies, Nov,1816, pp.453-456, 558-563, Jan.1817 pp.12-16, 107-110, posted by Sejarah Melayu Library
Government of Borneo and its Dependencies, a Proclamation of the Governor-General of Netherlands India, published at Buitenzorg February 28th 1846, scan, source not given
Progress of the Borneo Mission, 1850 Report, from Anglican History; Chinese Repository 1840 - Journal of Occurrences, Borneo, from The Centre for the Study of Christianity in Asia
Documents Historical Maps 1521 Map of Borneo by Antonio Pigafetta, posted on Wikimedia Commons
Maps and Atlasses Collection : Borneo, from University of Leiden Digital Sources
Borneo Administrative 1914, from History Map
Map Room Netherlands Indies, from Orbat
Documents Historical
Encyclopedia Entries
Articles : Borneo pp.57-66, (no entry on Kubu/Koeboe), from John Crawfurd, A Descriptive Dictionary of the Indian Islands & Adjacent Countries 1856, posted on Internet Archive
Article Territorial Divisions of Borneo, from EB 1902
Article Borneo, from EB 1911, posted by Classic Encyclopedia
Article Borneo, in Pierer's Universal-Lexikon 1857-1865, in German, posted by Zeno
Article Bugi, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German, posted by Retro Bibliothek; Article Borneo, from Meyers Grosses Konversationslexikon 1902-1909, in German, posted by Zeno
Articles Borneo, from Geografisk-Statistisk Haandbog 1858-1863, in Danish, posted by Project Runeberg
Documents Historical Travelogues A. W. Nieuwenhuis, In Centraal Borneo, Reis van Pontianak naar Samarinda [1894-1900] 1900, in Dutch, posted on Internet Archive
R.W.C. Shelford, E.B. Poulton, A Naturalist in Borneo 1912, posyed on Internet Archive
Tivadar Posewitz, Borneo: Entdeckungsreisen und Untersuchungen : gegenwärtiger Stand der geologischen Kenntniss. Verbreitung von Mineralien 1889, in German, posted on Internet Archive
J.H.W. Meijerink, Brieven uit Indië. Aan het Deldens Weekblad, 1948, Eerste tournee kartering West Borneo, in Dutch, posted by Caert Thresor 26, 2007
Documents Parliamentary Debates Staten Generaal Digitaal (Dutch Parliament, 1900-1994)
Hansard (British Parliament)
Archives, Musea, Libraries Musea Kalimantan Museums and Kalimantan Art Galleries, from World Guides; no entry for Sambas
Tropenmuseum Amsterdam
National Symbols
Coins, Banknotes
Others

PRINTED REFERENCE
Online Libraries General Gutenberg Library Online, Internet Archive
Persee (French search engine)
Online Libraries Collections of Theses Narcis (server for theses from the Netherlands)
Online Libraries On Southeast Asia Sejarah Melayu Library
KITLV Aceh Books
Perpustakaan Nasional (Indonesian National Library), click Koleksi Digital
Online Journals On South-East Asia Moussons. Recherche en sciences humaines sur l'Asie du Sud-Est
Bulletin de l'Ecole française de l'Extreme Orient 1901-2003
Bulletin of the Indo-Pacific Prehistory Association 1979-
Online Journals On the Malay Archipelago Archipel 1971-2004 (French search engine)
BTLV 1853-1908, 1950-2009
Institute of the Malay World and Civilization, Sari 1999-2009, partly in English, partly in Bahasa Malaysia
Online Journals On Borneo Borneo Research Bulletin
On Southeast Asia Nicholas Tarling, The Cambridge History of Southeast Asia, 4 vol.s, Cambridge : UP (1992) 1999, KMLA Lib.Sign. 959 T188c
Online Journals On Ethnology Tribal Arts 1994-2004
Shubunken. Asian Ethnology (formerly Asian Folklore Studies) 1942-2008
On Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Borneo
on Sintang
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