EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, 1867 - (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Photographed by John Thomson in 1867, this view looks across the Saigon River at moored sailing junks and a large building still under construction, its timber roof frame exposed beside a tall flagpole.

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