Lombard, Émile (sold)
Émile Lombard (1849 - 1883) was a French missionary active in Siam (Thailand) during his brief missionary career. He was born in Bénévent-et-Charbillac, in the French Alps, and in 1868 entered the seminary of the Missions Etrangères de Paris. After training, he left for Siam in 1873. After managing a parish in Bangkok for two years, he began to teach at the seminary there before, in 1878-79, making a journey up the Chao Phraya River to Phitsanulok, meeting scattered communities along the way. Afterwards, he drew a map of the river and its villages, itself a significant advancement on existing European maps of the region. He died shortly afterwards, in 1883, in Bangkok, likely of malaria.
First cartographic reconnaissance of the Chao Phraya River.
Royaume de Siam Cours du fleuve Me-Nam (Mè Năm Chào Phăja).
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An important 1879 Émile Lombard missionary map of the Chao Phraya River, Thailand (Siam). It is significant as the first major upgrade to Siamese inland cartography since the 1828 John Crawfurd Map (SoutheastAsiaSiam-crawfurdwalker-1828-3). It is the first map to accurately identify towns and villages along the Chao Phraya, and the first we are aware of to use the term 'Chao Phraya'. It is of note that, while in most cases we would emphasize this work as the 'first European mapping' of the region, in this case, indigenous Siamese mapmaking is extremely limited and practically unknown until the 20th century, so this work marks the first time most of these villages appeared in any cartographic context. (more details)