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Updated: May 15, 2025
His is the first good account from European sources of the place which he called Bornei, and whose latitude he estimated with an error of less than ten miles. It is easy to see from Pigafetta's narrative that at the date of his visit the effects of Nakoda Ragam's exploits had not evaporated.
He calls it "Bornei," which later, with a slight change, became the name of the whole island. The ever-present Portuguese early established trade relations with the sultanate. Since the Napoleonic wars, when the East Indian colonies were returned to Holland, the Dutch have gradually extended their rule in Borneo to include two-thirds of the island.
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