EU: Saigon, Vietnam. Photograph by John Thomson (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Saigon, in French Cochin China, photographed in 1867 by John Thomson, the Scottish photographer known for his extensive documentation of nineteenth-century Southeast Asia.

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