VietNamNet Bridge - Many unique images of Indochina appeared in the Le Tour du Monde (Around the World) published in France in 1879-1880.
They are images for articles by Dr. Jules Harmand, an explorer, naturalist, ethnographer and French diplomat who worked in Indochina for decades.
Fortress in Cam Lo, Quang Tri.
A boat in Hue.
A postman.
A residence of the wealthy in Annam.
Visit the home of a mandarin in Cam Lo, Quang Tri.
The facade of the house of a rich man in Annam.
The monks in Bassac, Cambodia.
Procession of a Bassac gentlemen to the traditional Water Festival of Cambodia.
Khmu men, a minority group in Vietnam and Laos.
The Khmu were curious about French shoes.
Catching fish on the river.
Protecting the fields from attacks by birds.
Palanquin procession across the sand dunes.
Dr. Harman conducted an anthropological survey of an ethnic minority group in Attapeu, Southeast Laos.
A Khmu couple in Attapeu, Laos.
Making specimens of animals.
The river flows under the jungle canopy.
Khomu people pray.
Dr. Harmand stamped documents at Wat Phou, the complex of the ancient Khmer temples in southern Laos.
Harmand met with a prince in Ubon, Thailand. |
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