EU: Saigon, Cochin China [Vietnam]. Photograph by John Thomson, (L0055789) (1866)

1866 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

John Thomson captured this view of Saigon, the capital of French Cochin China, during his 1866 travels through the region.

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