A Cambodian Vocabulary by Henri Mouhot
An appendix to his Travels shows the famous explorer's interest in Khmer language.
An appendix to his Travels shows the famous explorer's interest in Khmer language.
An inspired and perceptive exploration of the remains of the Ancient Khmer civilization at the start of the colonial era.
Paintings and sketches by a prolific artist who visited Angkor starting from 1919.
The mapping of Angkor Archeological Site in early modern era
One of the first published travel accounts from French explorers at the end of the 19th century, with hunting anecdotes...
A European woman's view on Southeast Asia at the turn of the 20th century
Far from Angkor, an archeological journey through Cambodia that led to many important discoveries in the 1930s
'Khmer heritage research and documentation: Building a digital corpus of archaeological and epigraphic data'.
A picturesque and pertinent travelogue of the 1871 mission set to rescue Cambodian princesses from Bangkok.
Several pieces in the "Angkor Catalogue" edited by photographer Emile Gsell himself, commented and analyzed by art historian Joachim Karl...
A poetry collection by Henri Marchal's first wife, Mary Gerny-Marchal
A portrait of one of the most controversed member of the Mekong Expedition, and a plea for 'enlightened colonialism' in...
How a young architect became one of the greatest archaeologists and conservators at Angkor.
First edition of Henri Mouhot's famous relation on his journeys through Indochina.
A documented profile of the later-acclaimed explorer, who had died in Laos and whose fame had not been yet established.
Indochina from the 1930s in a Louisiana museum of art.
Teaser of 'L'expédition du Mékong, Carnet d'Exploration', a 52 mn film about the Doudart de Lagrée-Garnier navigation up north the...
From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and...
Realizing he had overlooked the significance of Angkor in his previous travelogues, the resourceful and pugnacious abbot came back with...
Brief notations on the personal collection of Khmer Art gathered by Jean Moura in his Moissac house before 1879.
Notations on Angkor and Cambodian resources by an enigmatic traveler-adventurer, J.G.G. d'Aubain.
A study in museology, art and architectural history, and colonial mindset related to Angkor.
Explorers, archeological campaigns, first rebuilding efforts in late 19th century and several decades of the 20th century.
The flamboyant Titayna and her Surrealist 'gratuitous art' in Angkor Wat. Provoking the gods, challenging the humans, asking a question...
The English, more complete version of the historic travelogue by naturalist and explorer Henri Mouhot.
A French traveler, Pierre Loti's close friend, recalls his visit to Angkor and Phnom Penh
A talented, wandering artist who visited Vietnam and Cambodia twice in the 1930s.
Nearly twenty years before the "re-discoverer" of Angkor Henri Mouhot, a tireless Catholic missionary did visit the ancient Khmer city.
Including the famous relation of the January 1860 visit to Angkor site, this edition drew from Mouhot's Diary and previous...
Picturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870s