The Menage Expedition to the Philippines: An Unexpected Prelude to Colonial Governance

Authors

Mark Rice, St. John Fisher UniversityFollow

Document Type

Book Chapter

Publication Date

4-24-2024

Abstract

This book examines the processes of scientific, cultural, political, technical, colonial and violent appropriation during the 19th century.

The 19th century was the century of world travel. The earth was explored, surveyed, described, illustrated, and categorized. Travelogues became world bestsellers. Modern technology accompanied the travelers and adventurers: clocks, a postal and telegraph system, surveying equipment, and cameras. The world grew together faster and faster. Previously unknown places became better known: the highest peaks, the coldest spots, the hottest deserts, and the most remote cities. Knowledge about the white spots of the earth was systematically collected. Those who made a name for themselves in the 19th century are still read today. Alexander von Humboldt or Charles Darwin made the epoch a scientific heyday. Ida Pfeiffer or Isabelle Bird (Bishop) traveled to distant continents and took their readers at home on insightful journeys. Hermann Vámbéry or Sir Richard Burton got to know the most remote languages and regions. There are countless travel reports about a fascinating century, which, with surveying and exploration, also brought colonial conquest and exploitation into the world. In ten individual studies, the authors explore travelers from all over the world and analyze their successes. The unifying element of all the studies is the experience of distance and its communication by means of travelogues to the armchair travelers who have stayed at home.

Comments

Chapter published in "Expeditions in the Long Nineteenth Century: Discovering, Surveying, and Ordering" Routledge Studies in Modern History, Routledge, 2024.

ISBN-13: 978-1032479378

Find at your library: https://sjf.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1425941659

Publication Information

Rice, Mark (2024). "The Menage Expedition to the Philippines: An Unexpected Prelude to Colonial Governance." Expeditions in the Long Nineteenth Century Discovering, Surveying, and Ordering .

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