Een jaar in de Molukken / De Aarde en haar Volken, 1917

A first-person travel account of roughly a year in the Moluccas that documents efforts to evaluate concession lands and establish coconut cultivation. It combines practical field reports on soil, climate, transport and administration with assessments of local labour availability and customary practices; technical discussions of coconut culture and copra economics; and reflective passages on the aspirations, setbacks and everyday challenges of mounting plantation enterprises in little-known tropical districts. The narrative alternates observational detail, travel episodes and pragmatic planning while noting cultural contrasts and the gap between metropolitan expectations and colonial realities.