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 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
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
Books 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
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 EKA, Ancient Khmer Space Online Documentation 'Khmer heritage research and documentation: Building a digital corpus of archaeological and epigraphic data'.
Links Southeast Asian Kingdoms A stimulating travel blog looking for ancient kingdoms behind the facade of modernity.
