"Indonesian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... nucleus was the island of Crete. Its influence extended far beyond its island base into southern Europe, western Asia and North Africa. Experiments with civilization on and near the Indian sub-continent centered around the Indonesian archipelago and the rich, semi-tropical and tropical valleys of the Ganges, the Indus, the Gadari, the Irra-waddy and the Mekong. Although they were contiguous geographically and extended over a time span of approximately two thousand ...
— Civilization and Beyond - Learning From History • Scott Nearing
... most probable that they came from Papua or New Guinea. For various opinions on this point, see Zuniga's Estadismo (Retana's ed.), i, pp. 422-429; Delgado's Historia general, part i, lib. iii, cap. i; and Report of U.S. Philippine Commission, 1900, iii, pp. 333-335. Invasions of the islands by Indonesian tribes, of superior strength and culture, drove the Negritos into the forest and mountain regions of the islands where they dwelt; they still remain there, in a state of barbarism, but in gradually decreasing numbers. ...
— The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, V7, 1588-1591 • Emma Helen Blair
... inhabitants note: Indonesian fishermen are allowed access to the lagoon and fresh water at Ashmore Reef's West ...
— The 2007 CIA World Factbook • United States
... Indies, I wrote to the Dutch authorities in Batavia requesting certain further information. My application was treated with the greatest courtesy, and I am indebted to the kindness of the President, his secretary, and Mr. C. M. Pleyte, Lecturer of Indonesian Ethnology at the Gymnasium of William III., at Batavia, for some interesting as well as valuable information. With reference to possible Malay influence in the countries inhabited by the people who speak the Mon-Khmer group of languages in Further India, it was thought desirable to ascertain ...
— The Khasis • P. R. T. Gurdon |
