EU: Saigon, Cochin China. Photograph by John Thomson, (riverfront with boats) (1867)

1867 Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam

Boats along the Saigon riverfront, photographed by John Thomson in 1867. The Scottish photographer documented the city, then part of French Cochin China, during a broader tour of East and Southeast Asia.

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