1884 Andriveau-Goujon Map of Southeast Asia and East Indies

This is an 1884 Eugène Andriveau-Goujon map of Southeast Asia and the East Indies published during the French Tonkin Campaign (Expédition du Tonkin). The map capitalizes on French public interest in the fighting in Tonkin (Tong-King). Andriveau-Goujon uses color to highlight colonial possessions of France, England, the Netherlands, and Spain, clarifying the politics in play. He also includes numerous cities and towns, along with shipping routes and undersea cables.

The Tonkin Campaign

The Tonkin Campaign was fought between the French Expeditionary Force, the Vietnamese, and the Black Flag Army, a guerrilla group operating in Tonkin. The French force, intending to exact revenge on the Chinese and the Black Flag Army, had as a final objective the occupation of Tonkin and the establishment of a protectorate. The fighting in Tonkin raged from June 1883 until July 1884 before the Chinese entered the war in earnest and the wider Sino-French War (1884 - 1885) began. The Sino-French War lasted from August 1884 until April 1885, after which the French began a year-long pacification campaign in Tonkin. In April 1886, fighting mostly ended and the expeditionary corps was reduced to a division. Nonetheless, Tonkin was not effectively pacified until about 1896.

Publication History and Census

This map was created and published by Eugène Andriveau-Goujon in 1884. We note a single example cataloged in OCLC, at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France. We also note an additional example at American Geographical Society Library at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee.