The travels of Pieter Albert Bik : writings from the Dutch colonial world of the early nineteenth century / Mikko Toivanen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Toivanen, Mikko, author, translator.

Series:

Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.

Colonial and global history through Dutch sources

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bik, Pieter Albert, 1798-1855.

Bik, Pieter Albert.

Bik, Pieter Albert, 1798-1855--Travel.

Colonial administrators--Netherlands--Biography.

Colonial administrators.

Travelers' writings, Dutch--19th century--History and criticism.

Travelers' writings, Dutch.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (vi, 283 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Other Title:

Writings from the Dutch colonial world of the early nineteenth century

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Leiden University Press, 2017.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Part I. A colonial life in travels. Pieter Albert Bik and his writings

Travel and travel writing in the nineteenth century

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

Journal kept on the court trip to Jedo in the year 1844 / by P.A. Bik

Notes of P.A. Bik, made on the journey from Batavia to Holland, over the so-called land route.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 10 Jan 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

94-006-0291-X

OCLC:

1012363499