Borneo

First edition, 2 vols., 8vo (214 x 130 mm), xii, [2], 337, [1], xxviii; viii, [2], 230, [2], ciipp., without half-titles, 4 folding plans, 2 folding maps, 1 folding letterpress table and 11 lithograph plates (some heavy spotting), contemporary half calf, marbled boards, corners worn, spine tooled in gilt, contrasting leather spine labels lettered in gilt, a nice set. "Keppel, a British naval officer who had served in the opium War, participated in the campaigns against the Borneo pirates in 1843-44... The first volume concerns itself with Brooke's exploits in Sarawak from 1838-42... Brooke attempted to open Borneo for foreign trade and tried to pacify the tribes... Volume two recounts the military exploits of Brooke, Keppel and Sir Edward Belcher... gives a geographical overview of Borneo, and includes accounts of the Dyaks, the aboriginal Borneo Tribes."?Hill. Hill, The Hill Collection of Pacific Voyages, 918.