Books The Customs of Cambodia [1st English Translation] by J.G.D. Paul The first ever English translation of Zhou Daguan's celebrated account of Angkor in 1296-7, from Paul Pelliot's 1902 French translation.
Books Zhou Dagan's "Customs of Cambodia" by Michael Smithies & Zhou Daguan Another translation of the most ancient account of the life in Angkor by the Chinese merchant and traveler Zhou Daguan In English
Books A Dragon Apparent (Travels in Indo-China) by Norman Lewis 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
Books Lumieres d'Orient / Eastern Lights by Émile Vedel From Ceylon (Sri Lanka), Madurai (South India) and Canton (Guanghzou), an inspiring travelogue towards Angkor, with a magnificient description, and Oceania. In French
Publications About André Malraux's Infamous Expedition to Banteay Srei by Raoul Marc Jennar The letter André Malraux sent to French Resident-General after being assigned to house-arrest for looting Banteay Srei temple In French
Photos An American Woman Artist in Angkor : Lucille Sinclair Douglass by Lucille Sinclair Douglass The only woman visual artist whose depictions of Angkor are kept at New York Metropolitan Museum.
Books Cambodge et Siam: Voyage et séjour aux ruines des monuments kmers by Auguste Achille Hyppolyte Filoz Picturesque account of the Aymonier-Delaporte mission to Angkor in the 1870s In French
Publications Narrative of an Overland Journey from Kampot to the Royal Residence ['Cambodia in 1851'] by Ludvig Verner Helms 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
Books A Brief and Truthful Relation of Events in the Kingdom of Cambodia by Gabriel Quiroga de San Antonio & Antoine Cabaton One of the first accounts of Angkor and the surrounding Kingdom of Cambodia by a Western traveler. In English
Books 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
Links Jean Despujols Collection at The Meadows Museum of Art Indochina from the 1930s in a Louisiana museum of art. In English
Publications Ma visite aux ruines cambodgiennes en 1850 | 'My visit to the ruins of Cambodia in 1850' by C.-E. Bouillevaux 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
Photos Visions of Indochina by...Maurice Menardeau by Maurice Menardeau A talented, wandering artist who visited Vietnam and Cambodia twice in the 1930s.
Books Bali and Angkor: A 1930s Pleasure Trip Looking at Life and Death by Geoffrey Edgar Solomon Gorer Out-of-the-box considerations on Khmer Art and the fall of Angkor. In English
Books Henri Mouhot, premier explorateur du Laos (1826-1861) by Jules Roy A documented profile of the later-acclaimed explorer, who had died in Laos and whose fame had not been yet established. In French
Films Les ruines d'Angkor | Piano & Text by Philippe Larsen & Ezaka Rakotondramanana A poetic and musical musing through the ruins of Angkor. In French
Books 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.
Photos Visions of Angkor by...Carl Werntz by Carl Newland Werntz Photographic essays or paintings by famous or budding artists. A forum for creators, a compilation of reference visual arts renditions of Angkor.
Links Southeast Asian Kingdoms A stimulating travel blog looking for ancient kingdoms behind the facade of modernity.
Links EKA, Ancient Khmer Space Online Documentation 'Khmer heritage research and documentation: Building a digital corpus of archaeological and epigraphic data'.
