A New Voyage Round The World
by William Dampier
Adventurer and gifted explorer William Dampier's view on early Southeast Asia
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Description du Royaume de Tchen-La
by Jean Joseph Marie AmiotFirst Western compilation and temptative translation of Chinese sources on Chenla (Cambodia)In French
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Mémoires concernant les Chinois par les Missionnaires de Pékin, vol. XIV
by Jean Joseph Marie AmiotA sum of early China studies by French Jesuit missionaries, from Tibet to Japan to early CambodiaIn French
Flora Cochinchinensis
by Joao de LoureiroProbably the earliest botanical survey of the region by a Western observer, including some 1,600 speciesIn Portuguese & Latin
Description du Royaume de Camboge
by Jean-Pierre Abel-RémusatThe Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French OrientalistIn French
Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
by John CrawfurdA lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.In English
Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam
by Jean-Baptiste PallegoixAn early account of Angkor and pre-colonial Cambodial included in this compendium on the Siamese Kingdom in the 1830s-1850s.In French
Voyage dans l'Indo-Chine, 1848-1856
by C.-E. BouillevauxNearly twenty years before the "re-discoverer" of Angkor Henri Mouhot, a tireless Catholic missionary did visit the ancient Khmer city.
Travels in the Central Parts of Indo-China (Siam), Cambodia and Laos
by Henri MouhotThe English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.In English
The Antiquities of Cambodia
by John ThomsonWas he "the first" or "one of the first" to rediscover Angkor and to capture it on film? No matter what, John Thomson's testimony remains priceless.In English
Voyage dans les Royaumes de Siam, de Cambodge et de Laos
by Henri MouhotIncluding the famous relation of the January 1860 visit to Angkor site, this edition drew from Mouhot's Diary and previous publications.in English and French.In French
The English Governess at the Siamese Court
by Anna LeonowensThe written account that decades later inspired a best-selling book and a Hollywood musical is nevertheless a valuable document for historians.In English
Lettre: Le Cambodge
by Paul Le FaucheurA short and telling plea for the colonial economic development of Cambodia.In French
The Land of the White Elephant: Sights & Scenes in South-Eastern Asia
by Frank VincentPart of a 2-year business trip from Burma to Siam, Cambodia and Singapore, the first published description of Angkor by an American citizen.In English
L'Annam et le Cambodge, Voyages et récits historiques
by C.-E. BouillevauxWith a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.In French
Notice sur le Cambodge [A Note on Cambodia]
by Etienne AymonierPrepatory notes for Aymonier's magnus opus, Le Cambodge in three volumes. A "pre-EFEO" radiography of Cambodia.In French
The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
by John ThomsonOr Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence AbroadIn English
Les loups de Paris | Le Club des Morts [Wolves of Paris - The Club of the Dead]
by Jules LerminaA serialized novel set in a louche ring of adventurers searching for the "Treasure of the Khmers".In French
Le Roi du Mal (King of Evil)
by Jules LerminaThe sequel of a popular French mystery novel reflecting a remarkable knowledge of Angkor only a few years after Henri Mouhot's 'rediscovery'.In French
Les explorateurs du Cambodge [Explorers of Cambodia]
by Edme Casimir Croizier (de)A portrait gallery of the pioneering explorers of Angkor by Marquis de Croizier in a brochure published in 1878.In French