EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (neg. 573) (1867)

1866 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Photographer John Thomson recorded this scene in Saigon around 1866, during the early years of French colonial administration over Cochin China, when the city was emerging as the region's principal port and administrative center for the new colony.

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