EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (2) (1866)

1866 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Scottish photographer John Thomson captured this view of Saigon in 1866 during his travels through Cochin China, part of a wider photographic record of Vietnam under early French colonial rule. Catalogued as (no.2 in a series).

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