The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850) / by Pieter van Wingerden.

Author/creator Wingerden, Pieter van author
Format Book
PublicationLeiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025.
Descriptionix, 403 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm.
Subjects
Natuurkundige Commissie in Oost-Indièˆ (Netherlands)--History.
Natural history--Research. --Netherlands. --History. --19th century.
Scientific expeditions--Government policy. --Netherlands. --History. --19th century.
Natural history--Indonesia.
Indonesia--Historical geography.
Naturalists--France. --History. --19th century.
Natural history--Indonesia. --History. --19th century.
Naturalists--Biography.
Scientific expeditions--Indonesia. --History.
Naturalists--Netherlands. --History. --19th century.
Naturalists--Germany. --History. --19th century.
Netherlands--Colonies. --Geography. --Research. --History. --19th century.
Netherlands--History. --19th century.

SeriesEmergence of natural history, 2452-3263 ;
Emergence of natural history ; v. 8. 2452-3283 UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction -- Part 1. A Tale of Geographies. The Natuurkundige Commissie between the Netherlands and the Indies ; Layered Loyalties: the Netherlands ; Layered Loyalties: the Netherlands Indies -- Part 2. Pierre-Médard Diard. A Transimperial Naturalist: Pierre-Médard Diard between Empires ; Rival Views of Natural History: the Versatile Career of Pierre-Médard Diard -- Part 3 'Hidden Histories' of Indigenous Participation. Indigenous Employees as Natural History Assistants ; Porters, Knowledge Brokers and the Mediation of Indigenous Knowledge --Conclusion -- Afterthought -- Appendix 1: Short Historical Narrative -- Appendix 2: Biographies -- Appendix 3: Publications by Members and Assistants of the Natuurkundige Commissie -- Appendix 4: Table of Contents of the Verhandelingen.
Abstract "The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies was one of the largest state-sponsored colonial collecting endeavours of the early nineteenth-century world. As a result, the newly founded 's Rijks Museum van Natuurlijke Historie (present-day Naturalis Biodiversity Center in Leiden) was filled with countless specimens. The Commissie consisted of thirty naturalists and was active for thirty years (1820-1850). This book shows how its stakeholders had different objectives that evolved over time: what started as a collection vehicle to showcase the 'glory' of the Dutch colonial empire became a useful surveying tool for the Indies government. This volume is the first detailed study of the Commissie in English. It tells the story of naturalists from the Netherlands, France, and German-speaking lands and of countless indigenous people working alongside the Commissie as knowledge brokers, hunters, preparators, and porters. This long overlooked indigenous contribution to European knowledge was both substantial and fundamental"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteBased on author's thesis (Ph.D.)--2023.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version http://id.loc.gov/entities/relationships/onlineversion Wingerden, Pieter van Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850) Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2025 9789004696877
Issued in other formOnline version: Wingerden, Pieter van. The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850). Leiden : Brill
LCCN 2025002962
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