In january 1860 the explorer henri mouhot parted palm fronds to lay eyes upon cambodias angkor wat. Henri mouhot, french naturalist and explorer who alerted the west to the ruins of angkor, capital of the ancient khmer civilization of cambodia kampuchea. Henri mouhot may 15, 1826 november 10, 1861 was a french naturalist and explorer of the mid19th century. Revisiting henri mouhots shrine, near luang prabang gtrider. Henri mouhot, travels in the central parts of indochina by. Henri mouhot, french naturalist and explorer who alerted the west to the ruins. New taxa of freshwater mussels unionidae from a species.
The origins of chinese ancestral cult and racial myths. Mouhot went to russia as a young professor of philology in the 1850s and traveled throughout europe with his brother charles, studying. It was rediscovered in 1840s by the french explorer henri mouhot, who wrote that the site was grander than anything left to us by greece or. Books by mouhot, henri sorted by popularity project gutenberg. Henri mouhot french explorer britannica encyclopedia britannica. Henri mouhot was one of the famous 19th century travellers in indochina. Mouhot s tomb is located just outside of ban phanom, to the east of luang prabang. Project gutenberg offers 61738 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Travels in the central parts of indochina siam, cambodia. Featuring most recent additions editor rating scale 90100.
Henri mouhots monument is a compelling visit for history and mekong. Project gutenberg offers 61770 free ebooks for kindle, ipad, nook, android, and iphone. Notes 1 mouhot oxford university press reprintvol 2, p views read edit view history. Here i have a closer look on henri mouhot and his travels in mainland southeast asia. Henri mouhot 18261861 was a french naturalist and explorer born into a protestant family on 25 may 1826 in franchecomte, who is renowned for. 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. Henri mouhot author of travels in siam, cambodia, laos. Travels in the central parts of indochina siam, cambodia, and laos. Henri mouhot is the author of travels in siam, cambodia and laos 18581860 4. A noble devotional volume and fitting christian manual. 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.