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A New Voyage Round The World
by William Dampier
Adventurer and gifted explorer William Dampier's view on early Southeast Asia
In English
Description du Royaume de Tchen-La
by Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
First Western compilation and temptative translation of Chinese sources on Chenla (Cambodia)
In French
Mémoires concernant les Chinois par les Missionnaires de Pékin, vol. XIV
by Jean Joseph Marie Amiot
A sum of early China studies by French Jesuit missionaries, from Tibet to Japan to early Cambodia
In French
Flora Cochinchinensis
by Joao de Loureiro
Probably the earliest botanical survey of the region by a Western observer, including some 1,600 species
In Portuguese & Latin
Description du Royaume de Camboge
by Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat
The Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French Orientalist
In French
Journal of an Embassy to the Courts of Siam and Cochin-China
by John Crawfurd
A lively description of mainland Southeast Asia in the 1820s.
In English
Description du Royaume Thai ou Siam
by Jean-Baptiste Pallegoix
An 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. Bouillevaux
Nearly 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 Mouhot
The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.
In English
The Antiquities of Cambodia
by John Thomson
Was 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 Mouhot
Including 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 Leonowens
The 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 Faucheur
A 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 Vincent
Part 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. Bouillevaux
With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.
In French
The Straits of Malacca, Indochina and China or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
by John Thomson
Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad
In English
Les loups de Paris | Le Club des Morts [Wolves of Paris - The Club of the Dead]
by Jules Lermina
A 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 Lermina
The 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
Vocabulaire francais-cambodgien et cambodgien francais | French-Khmer Vocabulary
by Jean Moura
A bilingual manual of conversation which is also an interesting snapshot of the first years of the French Protectorate in Cambodia.
In French & Khmer