Adventurer and gifted explorer William Dampier's view on early Southeast Asia

In English

First Western compilation and temptative translation of Chinese sources on Chenla (Cambodia)

In French

A sum of early China studies by French Jesuit missionaries, from Tibet to Japan to early Cambodia

In French

Probably the earliest botanical survey of the region by a Western observer, including some 1,600 species

In Portuguese & Latin

The Description of Chenla in Chinese sources (in particularly Zhou Daguan) as seen by a French Orientalist

In French

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

In English

An early account of Angkor and pre-colonial Cambodial included in this compendium on the Siamese Kingdom in the 1830s-1850s.

In French

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

The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.

In English

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

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 written account that decades later inspired a best-selling book and a Hollywood musical is nevertheless a valuable document for historians.

In English

A short and telling plea for the colonial economic development of Cambodia.

In French

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

With a map of "Indochina", an expanded version of Pere Bouillevaux's 1858 book.

In French

Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad

In English

A serialized novel set in a louche ring of adventurers searching for the "Treasure of the Khmers".

In French

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

A portrait gallery of the pioneering explorers of Angkor by Marquis de Croizier in a brochure published in 1878.

In French