Random map · AoE3: DE 100.19.18309
Borneo
Borneo is a random map in AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309, in the Asian Maps, All Competitive Maps, Standard Maps, All Maps and Water Maps.
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- Is Borneo a competitive map?
- Yes: it is in the game's Competitive map set (AoE3: Definitive Edition 100.19.18309).
Borneo: A resource-rich island with lucrative Trade Routes in the interior, and surrounded by well-charted waters.
Settlements: Jesuit, Sufi
Outlaws: Marathan Dacoit, Wokou Pirate
With a rich coastal region and a bountiful interior, the island of Borneo promises endless opportunities for expansion and conflict. Each team has access to a Trade Route servicing the breadth of the island, where a wealth of Gold and Food may be discovered by those willing to brave the dense jungle. The waters around the island are visible at the start of the game, and are ripe for fishing.
Native settlements
None listed in the map's files.
The settlements its script can place (a match uses some of them).
In the game's map sets
Has a large version for more players (borneoLarge).
History
Surrounded by the South China Sea, the Sulu and Celebes seas, the Makassar Strait, and the Java Sea, Borneo is the largest island in the Malay Archipelago, and the third largest island in the world. Much of its 290,000 square miles are covered with dense rainforests that drain into rivers such as the Rejang and Kapuas, which are important sources of trade and local commerce. With the exception of the rivers, only navigable in small craft, the terrain is almost impassable. The highest point of Borneo is the peak of Mount Kinabalu, reaching a height of 13,455 feet. A host of diverse animals makes their homes in the island’s hot and humid environment, including elephant, deer, orangutan, gibbon, crocodile, Malay bear, and a wide variety of snakes. The first written reference to Borneo can be found in "Ptolemy’s Geography" (150 CE), even though the discovery of Roman trade beads suggests that an earlier foreign influence may have once existed. The sixteenth century brought worldwide interest in the island for trade purposes, especially from European nations eager to expand their empires. The Portuguese arrived first in 1521, followed by the Spanish, Dutch, and English, all of which established trade boundaries and protectorates.