This article presents a critical, postcolonial analysis of the travel accounts of the Dutch church minister Sytze Roorda van Eysinga (1773–1829), who travelled within the East Indies archipelago in the 1820s as ‘visitator’ of the churches and schools in the colony. Which elements are characteristic of the preacher’s perspective? What did he emphasize in his travel texts? How did he represent the indigenous people who had to be Christianized eventually? So far, only little attention has been paid to the preacher’s perspective in general and to the work of Sytze Roorda van Eysinga in particular. First, Roorda’s representation of the tropical landscape is analysed. Then, his ideas about the indigenous people are discussed, mainly using the theoretical framework of the book Missionary discourses of difference. Negotiating Otherness in the British Empire, 1840–1900 by Esme Cleall (2012).

本文对荷兰教会牧师 Sytze Roorda van Eysinga（1773-1829 年）的旅行记录进行了批判性的后殖民分析，他在 1820 年代作为殖民地教堂和学校的“访客”在东印度群岛旅行。传道人的观点有哪些特征？他在游记中强调了什么？他如何代表最终不得不基督教化的土著人民？到目前为止，很少有人关注传教士的一般观点，特别是 Sytze Roorda van Eysinga 的作品。首先，分析了 Roorda 对热带景观的表现。然后，他对土著人的看法进行了讨论，主要是利用本书的理论框架不同的传教士话语。Esme Cleall (2012)在大英帝国谈判差异性，1840-1900 。