Mouhot s tomb is located just outside of ban phanom, to the east of luang prabang. The frenchman described the temple as a rival to that. Neis, a medical doctor, led the mission and visited mouhot s tomb in a few trees and the rustling of their tops accompanied the murmur of the waters of the nam kan which ran at their feet. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Henri mouhot, french naturalist and explorer who alerted the west to the ruins. Travels in the central parts of indochina siam, cambodia. Strobino, a french writer, historian and traveler see the story. Project gutenberg offers 61738 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Pronunciation of henri mouhot with 1 audio pronunciation, 3 translations and more for henri mouhot. Henri mouhot, travels in the central parts of indochina by.
Henri mouhots monument is a compelling visit for history and mekong. Henri mouhot 18261861 was a french naturalist and explorer born into a protestant family on 25 may 1826 in franchecomte, who is renowned for. Henri mouhot was one of the famous 19th century travellers in indochina. Here i have a closer look on henri mouhot and his travels in mainland southeast asia. A popular account of some of the historical highlights of exploration and development along the mekong, milton osbornes latest offering is as much travelogue as history. He became popular in europe for the description of the ruins of the medieval angkor nekropolis with famous angkor wat in his travel narrative travels in the central parts of indochina. Henri mouhot author of travels in siam, cambodia, laos. The origins of chinese ancestral cult and racial myths. Henri mouhot 18261861 was a french naturalist and explorer.
He was born in montbeliard, doubs, france near the swiss border, but spent his childhood in russia and possibly, parts of asia. Henri mouhot french explorer britannica encyclopedia britannica. Travels in the central parts of indochina siam, cambodia, and laos. Henri mouhot may 15, 1826 november 10, 1861 was a french naturalist and explorer of the mid19th century. In january 1860 the explorer henri mouhot parted palm fronds to lay eyes upon cambodias angkor wat. Project gutenberg offers 61770 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone.
New taxa of freshwater mussels unionidae from a species. Books by mouhot, henri sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Henri mouhot is the author of travels in siam, cambodia and laos 18581860 4. Featuring most recent additions editor rating scale 90100. Strobino 1, it is freely available online, as a pdf edocument. Henri mouhot, french naturalist and explorer who alerted the west to the ruins of angkor, capital of the ancient khmer civilization of cambodia kampuchea. A noble devotional volume and fitting christian manual. Revisiting henri mouhots shrine, near luang prabang gtrider.
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