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The unpublished writings of a Dutch colonial official, Pieter Albert Bik (1798-1855) are studied and contextualized in this book. The remarkable autobiographical manuscript of Bik, which is here presented in English translation with annotations, provides a unique glimpse of the wide horizons of the world of Dutch colonialism, tracing his many journeys in Europe, the Dutch East Indies and Japan as well as across the oceans in the first half of the nineteenth century. In this work, Mikko Toivanen draws a parallel between Bik's colonial travels and the contemporary emergence of a new kind of travel within Europe, showing that the culture of colonial travel was intimately connected with notions of leisure and tourism being developed back home at the time.

Colonial administrators --- Travelers' writings, Dutch --- Colonial administrators. --- Travel. --- Travelers' writings, Dutch. --- Biography. --- History and criticism. --- Bik, Pieter Albert, --- Bik, Pieter Albert. --- 1800-1899 --- Netherlands --- History --- J4813.25 --- J4810.60 --- J4542.25 --- J2297.25 --- Civil service, Colonial --- Government executives --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Europe -- Netherlands --- Japan: International politics and law -- international relations, policy and security -- Kinsei, Edo, Tokugawa period, early modern (1600-1867) --- Japan: Economy and industry -- commerce and trade -- international trade, economic relations and policy -- Europe -- Netherlands --- Europe: Genealogy and biography of the Netherlands --- E-books --- Netherlands. --- Colonial History, Dutch-East Indies, Tourism, Travel Writing.

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History of the Low Countries --- anno 1800-1899 --- anno 1900-1909 --- anno 1910-1919 --- anno 1920-1929