Kinakuta
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Stephensonia
The former Queena-Kootah is quite this Stephenson's Treasure Island is a small fictional Sultanate off the coast of The Philippines.
Authored entries
- Stephenson:Neal:Cryptonomicon:248:Kinakuta...(Alan Sinder) - source of this entry
- Stephenson:Neal:Cryptonomicon:316:Sultanic (Alan Sinder)
- Stephenson:Neal:The Confusion:681:after we had installed Mr. Foot as Sultan (PaulJ)
- Eliza and Abolition (Alan Sinder)
Community entry
In the current time of Cryptonomicon our protagonists know the Sultanate as Kinakuta. In the era of the Baroque Cycle, it was known as Queena-Kootah. It's a small island found between the northernmost point of Borneo & the skinny Philippine island known as Palawan.
Map of Kinakuta's geographic region
Related entries
- Queena-Kootah was a former name of Kinakuta.
- Pirates
- Eliza has a mountain in her name here.
- Sarawak also had a white ruler; this may have been an inspiration for Kinakuta.
- James Brooke became the Rajah of Sarawak.
- Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke succeeded James Brooke as Rajah.
- Kalimantaan is a fictionalized account of the exploits of James Brooke in Sarawak.
- Spratly Islands
- Stephenson:Neal:Cryptonomicon:248:Kinakuta...(Alan Sinder) is the original location of this entry.
- Kinakuta reading list was originally here.
External links
- Wikipedia: Spratly Islands - basis for this entry, and also a better title...
- Paracel Islands
- Macclesfield Bank
- Pratas Islands
- Coming Attractions
- The Solomons