Union Commerciale Indochinoise et Africaine (sold)
Union Commerciale Indochinoise et Africaine (1918 - 1954) was a French colonial trade organization formed in 1818, when the l'Union commerciale indochinoise merged with the Société d' Études et de Commerce au Maroc. The organization had branches in Hanoi, Saigon, Hué, Pnom-Penh, and Yunnanfou, among others. It printed promotional material, ran stores, and consolidated trade throughout French colonies in Indochina and Africa. It shut down permanently in 1954, when the French left Indochina and Vietnam gained its independence.
On the cusp of change.
Carte Routière de L'indochine offerte par L'Union Commerciale Indochinoise et Africaine.
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A visually striking c. 1928 large-scale folding chromolithograph map of Vietnam, then French Indochina, issued by L'U.C.I.A., Union Commerciale Indochinoise et Africaine. The map covers all of modern-day Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, as well as parts of adjacent Thailand (Siam). The focus of the map is on road networks within Indochina, but its most striking feature is the interesting advertising surrounding the map proper. (more details)