Travels of Pieter Albert Bik

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