Project Gutenberg 2010-09-25 Public domain in the USA. 476 Oost, Jan Hardenberg, W. (Willem) 1879 1939 Hardenberg, Willem Onder de koppensnellers op Borneo Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "Onder de koppensnellers op Borneo" by Jan Oost is a historical adventure narrative likely written in the late 19th century. The story revolves around two Dutch adventurers, Jan Verveer and Kees Smit, who traverse the dense jungles of Borneo in search of diamonds, facing both natural dangers and encounters with indigenous tribes, particularly the notorious Sibaoe-dajaks known for their violent reputation. The book highlights themes of exploration, friendship, and the clash between Western adventurers and the indigenous cultures of the region. The opening of the narrative sets up the geographical and cultural backdrop of Borneo, detailing its mysterious and largely untouched wilderness. It introduces Jan Verveer, who is gravely ill in Pontianak, and Kees Smit, his old friend and fellow adventurer, who visits him. As Jan expresses his regrets over unfulfilled dreams of returning home, he shares crucial information about a stash of diamonds he once hid, which was found in treacherous lands populated by hostile tribes. Kees, intrigued by the idea of retrieving these diamonds, begins to contemplate the dangerous journey ahead, setting the stage for their adventure into the heart of Borneo's wilderness and the perils that lie within. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://book.klll.cc/files/33993/33993-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 76.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. nl Borneo -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Category: Historical Novels Category: Adventure 330006 2025-08-14T04:21:39.088832 text/html 336430 2022-12-26T10:21:56 text/html 1720626 2025-08-14T04:21:46.587298 application/epub+zip 1728966 2025-08-14T04:21:41.151820 application/epub+zip 183439 2025-08-14T04:21:40.013850 application/epub+zip 2017957 2025-08-14T04:21:50.047290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1973749 2025-08-14T04:21:45.392280 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 264662 2022-09-15T12:57:17.950878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258511 2025-08-14T04:21:37.840822 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 258202 2022-12-26T10:15:20 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18588 2025-08-14T04:21:50.206278 application/rdf+xml 24987 2025-08-14T04:21:40.156835 image/jpeg 3545 2025-08-14T04:21:40.097836 image/jpeg 96832 2022-12-26T10:15:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 1671910 2022-12-26T10:24:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 1672761 2025-08-14T04:21:39.174810 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog nl.wikipedia