Service géographique de l'Indochine (sold)
Service Géographique de l'Indochine (1899 - c. 1954) was created by decree on July 5, 1899. A Lieutenant Colonel Lubanski, from the Service Géographique de l'Armée, was put in charge. He along with several other army officers, as well as trained topographers and other geographers, immediately began applying the cutting-edge scientific practices employed by the Service Géographique de l'Armée in France to Indochina. They were tasked with creating detailed new maps of the colony. The Service Géographique immediately began mapping the Tonkin and Than-hoa deltas in extreme detail, and published annually a report on their progress. As for the rest of the country, which was sparsely populated and frequently inaccessible jungle, much less detailed maps were deemed sufficient. The Service Géographique also published an Atlas of Indochina annually from 1920 until at least 1932, as well as a summary of their work, which was published annually from 1900. Although the historical record is unclear, it is likely that the Service Géographique was disbanded during the Japanese occupation of Indochina during World War II and reconstituted after the Japanese defeat. During the 1950s the Service Géographique benefited from aerial photography.
France's Failed Bid to Create a Rival to Hong Kong.
Kouang-Tchéou-Wan.
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This is a 1908 Service Geographique de l'Indochine map of the French-leased territory of Guangzhouwan in southern China - it captures a little-known chapter in Chinese colonial history. The territory, which the French hoped would rival Hong Kong, instead became a comically ineffective colonial project, and a thorn in the side of most, administered by and for Chinese gangsters. (more details)