EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (neg. 1083) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

John Thomson photographed Saigon in 1867, a few years after France established Cochin China as its first colonial possession in Vietnam, with the city serving from the outset as the new colony's capital and chief port.

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