The reference travelogue of Ma Huan, interperter and translator with Zheng He's flotilla: how China saw the world in the...

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Guardian of artistic treasures from the Khmer Temples, the Angkor Conservation also produced and stored detailed blue prints and archaeological...

An English translation of famous "Le Glaize", the reference 1944 Architectural Guide by Angkor Conservator Maurice Glaize.

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The spatial development of pre-Angkorean and Angkorean religious and social systems in a vast area spreading from Tonle Sap Lake...

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A crosscultural, multidisciplinary, study on water, its economic and social impact, and its symbolism.

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An inspired and perceptive exploration of the remains of the Ancient Khmer civilization at the start of the colonial era.

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A poignant -- albeit sometimes heavy on dystopia -- depiction of the ecological and human landscape of the "Great Lake"...

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A documented profile of the later-acclaimed explorer, who had died in Laos and whose fame had not been yet established.

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The 1982 handbook of an oustanding collection of art from Japan, Korea, China, The Himalayas, India, Southeast Asia, and Islamic art.

A central element of Cambodian culture, traditions and art, the wooden house is a link connecting Ancient Angkor and modern...

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25 years after its publication, still a reference in the effort for tracing and retrieving looted Khmer arts.

A bilingual manual of conversation which is also an interesting snapshot of the first years of the French Protectorate in...

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A colorful description of Cambodia, its geography and its people at the turn of the century.

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Far from cold scientific studies, an endearing invocation of Angkor and its ancient civilization by an Indian historian, poet and...

The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus.

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Nearly twenty years before the "re-discoverer" of Angkor Henri Mouhot, a tireless Catholic missionary did visit the ancient Khmer city.

'In the minds of the Khmers, these ruins were never inert buildings without souls, but monuments with a vital quality...

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Fishing and seafaring in the history of India and her contacts with the rest of the world.

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A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.

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