Unpublished letter, 'First quarterly report on the Bornean cave exploration' from A [Alfred] Hart Everett to John Evans

Description

In 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 might 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'.

A version of this paper was published by Everett, Evans and George Busk in the Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society [later Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society]. Everett, A Hart, John Evans and George Busk. 'REPORT ON THE EXPLORATION OF THE CAVES OF BORNEO.' The Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society, number 6 (1880), pp. 273-287.

Reference number

AP/60/9

Earliest possible date

1878

Physical description

Ink and graphite pencil on paper

Page extent

16 pages

Format

Manuscript
Diagram
Map