EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson (1867) [L0056133]

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

John Thomson's 1867 photograph of Saigon, taken while the city was under French colonial administration as capital of Cochin China, part of his wider survey of the region.

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