Travels

Teaser of 'L'expédition du Mékong, Carnet d'Exploration', a 52 mn film about the Doudart de Lagrée-Garnier navigation up north the 'Grand River'.

In English & French

Several pieces in the "Angkor Catalogue" edited by photographer Emile Gsell himself, commented and analyzed by art historian Joachim Karl Bautze.

A short evocation of French explorer and artist Louis Delaporte, one of the pioneers in collecting and documenting Ancient Khmer art.

In French

One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.

In French

One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.

In French

An English translation of the famous text by Zhou Daguan anchoring it to the 'real' Khmer country (Srok Khmer).

In English, Khmer & Chinese

The first ever English translation of Zhou Daguan's celebrated account of Angkor in 1296-7, from Paul Pelliot's 1902 French translation.

Another translation of the most ancient account of the life in Angkor by the Chinese merchant and traveler Zhou Daguan

In English

With rumors of Indochina war as a backdrop, a highly personal and highly enjoyable travelogue through Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia in 1950-1.

In English

From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and Oceania.

In French

The letter André Malraux sent to French Resident-General after being assigned to house-arrest for looting Banteay Srei temple

In French

The only woman visual artist whose depictions of Angkor are kept at New York Metropolitan Museum.

Or Ten Years' Travels, Adventures and Residence Abroad

In English

Picturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870s

In French

A rare account of the country of Cambodia and the King's Court at Oudong in 1851, eight years before Henri Mouhot's famous exploration.

In English

One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler.

In English

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

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

Indochina from the 1930s in a Louisiana museum of art.

In English

Realizing he had overlooked the significance of Angkor in his previous travelogues, the resourceful and pugnacious abbot came back with a vengeance later.

In French