ISBN:
978-0-367-53005-1
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978-1-003-08772-4 /E-Book
Language:
English
Pages:
xxii, 272 Seiten, 24 farbige Bildtafeln
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Illustrationen, Karten
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
Works. The Hakluyt Society Third series, no. 36
Uniform Title:
Lampah-lampahipun Raden Mas Arya Purawa Lelana
Keywords:
Java Reisebericht
;
Reisebericht, alt
;
Erlebnisbericht
Abstract:
The Javanese nobleman Radèn Mas Arya Candranegara V. (1837-85), alias Purwalelana, journeyed across his homeland during the rapidly changing times of the nineteenth century. He travelled around 5,000 kilometres by horse and carriage between 1860 and 1875. His eye-witness acoount, The Travels of Pruwalalana, gives an inside view of Java, at that time part of the Dutch East Indies. Candranegara explains habits and traditions of both the Javanese and the Dutch, he describes the architecture of cities and temples, and he marvels about the beautiful tropical landscape as well as about the latest technoloigal inventions such as steam trains, horse-drawn trams and gas laterns. This Hakluyt publication, illustrated with contemporaneous images, presents the rare perspective of an Indonesian traveller living in colonial times.The author gew up as a menber of a Javanese noble family in the hybrid world of the colonial upper class. He received a western-style education, but also learnt how to follow Javanese traditions and to be a good Muslim. In 1858 he was appointed to the high rank of Regent of Kudus by the colonial government.Candranegara wrote his book under the pseudonym Purwalelana, probably because he considered publishing to be a adventurous undertaking and possibly also because it gave him freedom to arrange the events in his own way. The Travel represents the first Javanese travelogue ever written and, as such, it broke with existing traditions. Candranegara used prose instead of poetry, wrote from a first-person perspective rahter than a third-person, and he described present society rather than dwelling upon the common literary theme of kings in battle. The result is a lively story in which the armchair traveller shares his experiences on the road. It provides its readers with a range of people and topics pivotal to developments in nineteenth-century Java, a treasure trove for historians and cultural anthropologists alike. (Klappentext)
Description / Table of Contents:
List of maps and illustrations -- Preface and acknowledgements -- A note on illustrations -- A note on edition, translation and orthography -- Glossary -- Introduction -- Account of the travels of Radèn Mas Arya Purwalelana, volume one. The first journey. The second journey -- The travels of Radèn Mas Arya Purwalelana, volume two. The third journey. The fourth journey -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Index
Note:
Übersetzung aus dem Javanesischen von "Account of the travels of Radèn Mas Arya Purwalelana : in which words and sentences have been corrected, and the narrative enhanced on the basis of new observations by Radèn Mas Adipati Arya Candranegara. Volume One. Smarang : C. T. van Dorp & Co., 1877" und "The travels of Radèn Mas Arya Purwalelana : adapted, enlarged and corrected by Radèn Mas Adipati Arya Candranegara Regent of Kudus. Volume Two. Batcia, Meesrs Ogilcie and Co., 1880"Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 259-265
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