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

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

This 1867 photograph, part of John Thomson's Cochin China series, depicts Saigon before its transformation into a major French colonial capital and river port in Southeast Asia.

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