{"product_id":"the-natuurkundige-commissie-in-the-pieter-van-wingerden-9789004696860","title":"The Natuurkundige Commissie in the Netherlands Indies (1820-1850)","description":"The \u003ci\u003eNatuurkundige Commissie\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eCommissie\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume is the first detailed study of the \u003ci\u003eCommissie\u003c\/i\u003e in English. It tells the story of naturalists from the Netherlands, France, and German-speaking lands and of countless indigenous people working alongside the \u003ci\u003eCommissie\u003c\/i\u003e as knowledge brokers, hunters, preparators, and porters. This long overlooked indigenous contribution to European knowledge was both substantial and fundamental.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Pieter Van Wingerden\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 9004696865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9789004696860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brill\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/24\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Pieter Van Wingerden","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47072208453887,"sku":"9789004696860","price":141.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_112b4ccf-5ef0-486d-ab46-1b29666e6f06.jpg?v=1753416114","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-natuurkundige-commissie-in-the-pieter-van-wingerden-9789004696860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}