Le voyage du marchand Tan Hoe Lo à Paris (1889) - article ; n°1 ; vol.54, pg 177-188

Claudine Salmon

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Archipel - Année 1997 - Volume 54 - Numéro 1 - Pages 177-188
Claudine Salmon
Tan Hoe Lo was a Peranakan merchant born in Batavia (about whom we know very little). He came to Paris in the company of a Dutch family (Mr. and Mrs. Zadelhof) to visit the Universal Exposition of 1889. He wrote several reportages in Malay, which were published in the local press of the Dutch Indies (both in Batavia and Surabaya). We provide here an annotated translation of his reportages, which are among some of the first of the kind to appear in Southeast Asia about Europe. They reveal an undeniable fascination for the topic of « modernity » and the author specifically lists a series of « technical advances » that needed to be transferred to Java. Tan Hoe Lo describes in detail several of the Exposition's pavilions, the Annamese theatre and rickshaws (which he took for «Siamese» ...), as well as his climb up the Eiffel Tower. In addition, he tells of his visit to Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides, as well as a trip to the Folies Bergère.
12 pages
Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.

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• Publié par: ARCHIPEL0
• Publié le: 01 janvier 1997
• Nombre de lectures: 11
• Langue: Français
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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