Sir William Treacher, who served as governor of Labuan and of British North Borneo, sketches the island’s history from early European visits to the founding of the British North Borneo Company. He describes the Sultanate of Brunei, the Brooke Rajahs of Sarawak, Labuan and the Company’s territory, with its peoples, trade and administration.
A colonial administrator’s account of Borneo in the 1880s, with the imperial assumptions of its time. Download the free EPUB.