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Mount Kinabalu circa 1920s: Kina balu? Aki Nabalu??

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Mount Kinabalu circa 1920s: Kina balu? Aki Nabalu??
Painting Major Percee Sturdee

By Kumis Kumis

Painting Major Percee Sturdee

F Jones, lith. Published by Smith, Elder & Co
T Picken lith. Published by Smith, Elder & Co


In the old maps the mountain called Mount St Pierre, though in Mercator's, about 1595, was named Mount St. Pedro.

Old geographers believed that there was a mighty lake at its summit, this belief arose from natives stories, but was of course exploded when Kinabalu was ascended for the first time, and was probably due to their not understanding how otherwise continuous streams of water flow down the mountain's side.