EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (1) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

One in a series of Saigon views taken by John Thomson in 1867, documenting the young French colonial port that later grew into modern Ho Chi Minh City, in the years when France was consolidating its rule over Cochin China.

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