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RefNoAP/60/9/1
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished manuscript, 'First quarterly report on the Bornean cave exploration' from A [Alfred] Hart Everett to John Evans
CreatorEverett; Alfred Hart (1848-1898); British naturalist; civil servant; colonial administrator
Date30 November 1878
DescriptionIn 1878 the Council of the Royal Society made a grant of £50 from the Donation Fund towards the expenses of carrying on an investigation of the caves of Borneo, which it was thought possible might prove to contain remains both of palaeontological and anthropological interest. Everett, having investigated the caves over a period of around nine months, shares his findings and observations.

Annotations in pencil. Includes one diagram of a cave in the text. Accompanied by four maps of the area.

Subject: Palaeontology / Speleology

Received 4 March 1880. Read 15 April 1880.

Written by Everett at Paku, Sarawak [Borneo].

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 30 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Report on the exploration of the caves of borneo. - Introductory remarks - Note on the bones collected'.
Extent12p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialURL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/41560654
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1879.0123
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1686Evans; Sir; John (1823 - 1908)1823 - 1908
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