Seller: Geographicus Rare Antique Maps, Brooklyn, NY, U.S.A.Geographicus Rare Antique Maps

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Average. Old fold discoloration and repair - including some repaired loss. Laid down on archival tissue. Size 25.5 x 34 Inches. A rare c. 1935 map of Saïgon or Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, at the time French Indochina. The map is oriented to the northwest and covers both Saigon and Cholon from Saïgon River (VieSông Sài Gòn) to Bình Tiên in Cholon. An elaborate scale in the lower left identifies 144 numbered locations, among them religious buildings, police buildings, hospitals, theatres and cinemas, consulates, schools, and gardens. Saïgon -Cholon In 1931, a new region called SaïgonCholon was formed consisting of Saïgon and Cholon. However, they remained separate cities with their respective mayors and municipal councils. In 1956, after South Vietnam's independence from France in 1955, the region merged into a single city, modern Saïgon. The name was formally changed to Ho Chi Minh City in 1976. French Cochinchina French forces captured Saigon for Emperor Napoleon III in 1859 and the territory was formally ceded to France in 1862 by the Vietnamese Emperor T? ??c. It the same year it was made capital of French Cochinchina or South Vietnam, a large colony central to French colonial ambitions in Asia. In 1887, it became the capital of the greater the Union of French Indochina. Unlike most French colonial cities, Saigon was French administered both de jure and de facto. The French lavished wealth on their new city. As the capital of Cochinchina, Saigon was transformed into a major port city and a metropolitan center, with beautiful villas, imposing public buildings, railroad infrastructure, and well-paved, tree-lined boulevards. By the late 19th century, Saigon was the principal port for rice and other goods from the Mekong Delta. In 1902, the capital of the Indochinese Union was moved to Hanoi. Saigon remained under French control until Vietnamese independence in 1955. Publication History and Census The map is undated, but based upon the geography, we believe it to date to about 1935. It was issued by Alert Portail and printed in Saigon. This map is very scarce. The present example is only one of two known examples, the other being held in the Olin Library of Cornell University. References: Cornell University, G8024.H6 1938 P5.…

Seller Inventory # SaigonCholon-portail-1938

Bibliographic details

Title
Plan de la Region Saigon-Cholon.
Author
1938 Portail Map of Saigon, Vietnam (French Indochina / Ho Chi Min City)
Publication year
1938
Seller catalogs
SOUTHEAST-ASIA-MAPS

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Geographicus Rare Antique Maps was founded in New York, New York, by Kevin James Brown in 1999. We are specialist antiquarians dealing in historic maps from all over the world and in all price ranges. Our enthusiasm, passion, and devotion to scholarship is expressed in our meticulously researched descriptions, among the most detailed and comprehensive available anywhere, for each and every rare map that passes over our desk. This same devotion guides the relationships of honesty and trust we have fostered with our clients, whether through purchasing or selling a rare map, getting an appraisal, or simply calling to discuss antique maps in general. We are happy to assist you no matter whether you are an interior decorator, an institution, an experienced collector, or are just looking for a single antique map. Geographicus is a member of the ABAA (Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America), the ILAB (International League of Antiquarian Booksellers), the New York Map Society, the Washington Map Society, the IMCOS, and the Society for the History of Discoveries. While primarily an internet-based company, we are happy to meet with clients to show our antique maps by appointment at our New York City location.…

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