Published in 1912 by Gallimard (but it might have been published earlier and the Gallica copy could be a re-editio). One of the early guidebooks for tourists of Angkor.
This guide is quoted with photos by another guidebook 'L'Indo-chine' published by the Touring-Club de France, comité de tourisme colonial in 1911 (date given in Gallica). This edition is bilingual and is part of the development of tourism in the region [to be linked with the establishment of the 'Angkor Park' by the EFEO in the same period]. This guide gives practical information as well as description of sites and monuments tourists could visit (transport, accommodation, travel time).
These guides are to be put in contrast with the exotic novel by Pierre Loti, Le Pèlerin d'Angkor published in 1912. This travelogue gives a different image of a trip to Angkor: mysterious, dangerous, difficult to accessible, in contrast to a well-organised trip by tourist companies.
Another guide which seems to be well known is Guides Madrolle. This advert I found at the end of La Dépêche coloniale illustrée, a special edition of 1918 on the Travailleurs indochinois.
N.B. In this volume, there is an excerpt of J. Boissière about the character of the Annamites (To read).
This guide is quoted with photos by another guidebook 'L'Indo-chine' published by the Touring-Club de France, comité de tourisme colonial in 1911 (date given in Gallica). This edition is bilingual and is part of the development of tourism in the region [to be linked with the establishment of the 'Angkor Park' by the EFEO in the same period]. This guide gives practical information as well as description of sites and monuments tourists could visit (transport, accommodation, travel time).
These guides are to be put in contrast with the exotic novel by Pierre Loti, Le Pèlerin d'Angkor published in 1912. This travelogue gives a different image of a trip to Angkor: mysterious, dangerous, difficult to accessible, in contrast to a well-organised trip by tourist companies.
Another guide which seems to be well known is Guides Madrolle. This advert I found at the end of La Dépêche coloniale illustrée, a special edition of 1918 on the Travailleurs indochinois.
N.B. In this volume, there is an excerpt of J. Boissière about the character of the Annamites (To read).
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