EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (2) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

John Thomson's camera recorded this second view of 1867 Saigon, capturing the city under early French colonial rule in Cochin China, part of the wider photographic survey he conducted across Southeast Asia.

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