Travels of Pieter Albert Bik

Writings from the Dutch Colonial World of the Early Nineteenth Century

Häftad, Engelska, 2017

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Pieter Albert Bik (1798-1855) was a Dutch colonial official whose work took him all over the world, including travels throughout Europe, the Dutch East Indies, and Japan. This book presents for the first time in English his autobiographical writings about those travels, which Bik never published in his lifetime. Presented here with annotations to set his observations in context, Bik's accounts offer a unique glimpse of the wide horizons of the world of Dutch colonialism in the first half of the nineteenth century, while editor Mikko Toivanen also draws interesting parallels between Bik's travels and the contemporary emergence of tourist travel in Europe.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2017-11-01
Mått156 x 345 x 23 mm
Vikt450 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieColonial and Global History Through Dutch Sources
Antal sidor336
FörlagLeiden University Press
ISBN9789087282790

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Mikko Toivanen is a research fellow at the Freie Universität Berlin, funded by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters, specialising in global and colonial history. His work deals with the Dutch and British empires in nineteenth-century Southeast Asia and the global cultures of imperialism, with a current focus on developing ideas of urbanity and the changing uses of public space in colonial contexts. His wider research interests include the global circulations of colonial knowledge and the history of Nordic colonial entanglements.

Part I. A Colonial Life in Travels Chapter 1. Pieter Albert Bik and His Writings Chapter 2. Travel and Travel Writing in the Nineteenth Century Chapter 3. The Global Tourist Pieter Albert Bik Part II. The Manuscript of Pieter Albert Bik A Note on the Translation Brief Notes by Pieter Albert Bik, Born in Amsterdam on the 18th of July 1798, since the Year 1813 Journal Kept on the Court Trip to Jedo in the Year 1844, by P.A. Bik, Chief Factor of the Dutch Trade in Japan Notes of P.A. Bik, Made on the Journey from Batavia to Holland, over the So-Called Land Route Bibliography Acknowledgments Index