Carl Bock

Carl Alfred Bock (born 17 September 1849 in Copenhagen, † 1932) was a Norwegian naturalist and explorer.

Bock moved to England in 1868 where he studied natural sciences and initially received an education at the Swedish-Norwegian Consulate in Grimsby. From 1875 he lived in London where he of Lord Arthur Hay ( Arthur Hay, 9th Marquess of Tweeddale; 1824-1878 ) received support for a research trip to Southeast Asia. Bock visited only Sumatra and later received the top post of a Dutch- Indian expedition to Borneo. He followed from 1878/79 the Mahakam River from its mouth on the east coast into the interior of the island and explore this region until five months later in Banjarmasin reached the south coast. In 1881 he moved with the assistance of the King of Siam, who contributed a steamboat, among other things, by today's Thailand and Laos.

After a short stay in Norway ( 1883 ) Bock 1886 for Norwegian-Swedish vice-consul, and appointed in 1893 Consul General in Shanghai. He held until 1902 this post.

Bock's ethnographic collection went to museums in London and Oslo. He wrote a series of travel books, some of which were illustrated by Japanese artists.

Publications

• The Head - Hunters of Borneo. 1881 (also available in Dutch).
• Temples and Elephants - with an introduction to the 1985 edition by HK Kuloy. 1884, 1985. ISBN 978-974-8299-90-7.