Laos: The Sekong River in Attapeu Province, southern Laos, near its confluence with the Mekong. Engraving by Louis Delaporte (1842-1925), 1867. This drawing by Louis Delaporte is one of dozens he produced during his two-year venture (1866-68) with the Mekong Exploration Commission, which was sponsored by the French Ministry of the Navy. The intention of the expedition was to lay the groundwork for the expansion of French colonies in Indochina. Traveling the Mekong by boat, the small French delegation voyaged from Saigon to Phnom Penh to Luang Prabang, then farther north into Upper Laos.

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