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  title info:
    title: Eroïca
    sub title: the Quest for Oil in Indonesia (1850-1898)
  name:
    name part: Poley, J. Ph.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  genre: Electronic books.
  genre: History.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: ne
    date issued: 2000
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xii, 175 pages)
  abstract: A tribute to the pioneers of oil exploration in Indonesia (1850-1898). Using authentic reports, diaries, relevant texts, personal notes and pictures, Poley brings to life the heroic efforts of Reerink (Cheribon, W. Java), Zijlker and Kessler (Deli, NE Sumatra), Stoop (Surabaya and Rembang, E Java), Menten (Kutei, E Kalimantan), Kessler and IJzerman (Palembang, SE Sumatra), and their crews. They faced almost insurmountable odds in many locations: an impenetrable, cruel jungle, an inclement climate, tropical diseases, technical mishaps, financial restrictions, and, last but not least, government and legal constraints. There was no geological science to guide them, and drilling technology was still in its infancy. Yet it was their vision and perseverance which finally put Indonesia on the world map of oil-producing nations, and which contributed materially to the development of today's life of luxury. Much of the present text and several of the pictures are here presented for the first time to the general public.
  note: by J. Ph. Poley.
  note: Electronic resource.
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Geology, Economic
  subject:
    topic: Geology
  subject:
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Geography
  subject:
    topic: Geology
  subject:
    topic: Geology, Economic
  classification: QE28.3
  classification: 571.7
  identifier: 9789401595681 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9401595682 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9789048154180
  identifier: 9048154189
  identifier: 9401595682
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: AU@
    record creation date: 130413
    record change date: 20260422174053.3
    record identifier: in00003556972
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng