Volume 2

The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl.

Date:
[1821-1827?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The world in miniature / edited by Frederic Shoberl. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CELEBES. Eastward of Borneo, and separated from it by the Straight of Macassar, lies the large island of Celebes. It is situated under the equator, and is said to be 300 miles long and 240 across in the broadest part, but from the extreme irregularity of its figure no idea of its real dimensions can be formed from this statement. It is sometimes called from its chief city, Macassar. The natives of Celebes are rather short in stature, and of a light. olive complexion. They consider a flat nose as a particular beauty, and therefore