The Travels of Pieter Albert Bik : Writings from the Dutch Colonial World of the Early Nineteenth Century /

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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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Bik, Pieter Albert, 1798-1855 (Autor), Toivanen, Mikko (Autor, Editor , Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2017
Colección:Colonial and global history through Dutch sources.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Bik, Pieter Albert.
Colonial administrators > Netherlands > Biography.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • part I. A colonial life in travels
  • 1. Pieter Albert Bik and his writings
  • 2. Travel and travel writing in the nineteenth century
  • 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.

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