Through Central Borneo; an Account of Two Years' Travel in the Land of Head-Hunters Between the Years 1913 and 1917

Carl Lumholtz

1851–1922

Drawn by the unknown and the faraway, this Norwegian explorer and ethnographer spent decades traveling through Australia, Mexico, and Borneo, turning hard journeys into vivid books. His writing mixes adventure, natural history, and close observations of Indigenous communities he encountered along the way.