{"product_id":"the-malay-archipelago-through-travellers-eyes-1800-1900","title":"The Malay Archipelago Through Travellers’ Eyes 1800–1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat did nineteenth-century travellers actually see when they journeyed through the Malay Archipelago—and what did they miss? The travelogues penned by British and Dutch explorers reached a wide readership; they have shaped how we imagine this region with their accounts of island kingdoms, volcanic landscapes, and maritime crossroads. Other voices—Javanese nobles venturing beyond their courts, Eurasian tourists navigating between worlds, French administrators, Scandinavian adventurers, Italian naturalists—remained in the shadows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Malay Archipelago through Travellers’ Eyes recovers these overlooked perspectives alongside fresh readings of celebrated figures like James Brooke, the “White Rajah” of Sarawak, and the intrepid Isabella Bird. Here we encounter Purwalelana, whose groundbreaking Javanese travelogue in modern prose abandoned centuries of poetic tradition; Kartini, whose letters became a means of traversing boundaries she could not physically cross; and Dé-Lilah, whose Eurasian heritage gave her writing an unsettling double vision. The naturalist Junghuhn scaling Java’s volcanoes, Raffles burnishing British reputation against Dutch rivals, Italian explorers charting New Guinea’s coasts—each constructed not only the lands they described but also themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bukuku Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":68047817670904,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0421\/3184\/9376\/files\/COMBERKongiGelapCina-2026-11-10T070554.324.png?v=1794280026","url":"https:\/\/thebukukupress.com\/en-jp\/products\/the-malay-archipelago-through-travellers-eyes-1800-1900","provider":"Bukuku Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}