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Journey to Southern Thailand and Burma (1912)

Journey to Southern Thailand and Burma (1912)

Lefèvre-Pontalis, Pierre
Évrard, Olivier
Candier, Aurore

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Travel WritingSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asian History

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ISBN10: 6164510996
ISBN13: 9786164510999
Publisher: River Books
Published: Jul 29 2025
Pages: 266
Weight: 0.97
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.60
Language: English
Published here for the first time are the journals of Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis, explorer, Oriental scholar, and diplomat, offering a unique window into the colonial mindset of the late 19th and early 20th century.

Explorer, Oriental scholar and diplomat, Pierre Lefèvre-Pontalis (1864-1938) was a member of Pavie Mission to Laos in the 1890s, participating in drawing up the borders between French Indochina and independent Siam, as well as the French territories and Burma, annexed by the British in 1886. He was later appointed as Minister Plenipotentiary to Siam. However, before taking up this ambassadorial role he journeyed in Siam and Burma in 1912, during which he wrote copious notes recording ethnographic, historical and geopolitical thoughts. This is the first time these journals have been published and provides a unique window into the colonial mindset of the time.

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